Things were getting serious.
“When He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto them that sold doves, ‘Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.’”
– John 2:15-16 (KJV)
Questioning God’s judgment? “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust, also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” – Psalm 37:3-5
It makes a difference forever. “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.” – Proverbs 11:30
It isn’t too late to change your mind. “The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live…
[Isaiah 6:8] Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
He should have learned. “He did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.” – 2 Chronicles 12:14 (KJV)
[Ezra 8:22] For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.