delight of salvation, and enjoying unbroken fellowship with the Lord (cf. Isa 25:6–9; 56:7; Jer 31:31–34; Rev 21:22). Kerr (2002:67) maintains that Jesus’ bold action at the Jerusalem shrine heralded the “eschatological hour, the hour that comes to dominate the Gospel as Jesus moves towards the cross and the resurrection”. Expressed differently, the cleansing of the temple in John 2:13–22 is an end-time event that “signals that the day of the LORD has come or is very near”. It is in this “eschatological