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Jesus was not a rabbi, not the way we understand rabbi today and since the destruction of the temple in 70 AD
Not sure what you mean by that. He was a teacher. That's what a Rabbi is. He wasn't a Rabbi like any of his day... he was the Christ. Want is the relevance of this comment?
He did go to synagogue and practiced the faith of Moses. But he also condemned the religious leaders of his day.
After the Romans destroyed the second Temple in 70 AD, Jews became more focused on Talmud and the definition of rabbi changed from teacher to scholar
Again... What does that have to do with the thread.
What is interesting is that even though Jesus didn't use violence he was a threat to both the Jewish and Roman governments. And his followers eventually overturned the Roman empire by following His teachings.
The root of our prolems is still sin. The idolatry of the state being our ring of power will always inslave us. Order and governance are not contray to Christianity but when the state is exalted to the solution to most of our problems we have missed the mark.
The left Christian is seduced by socialism and leaving to secular systems what should be the work of the church. As the church has become smaller in our lives the state has become large. An idol.
There are many idols but the state / politics is one I rarely hear people acknowledge.
Jesus's primary concern when flipping the tables was that they turned the temple into a place of commerce rather than worship. It wasn't about fighting injustice (or at least, not the political or economic kind.) If Jesus came to fight political injustice, he would have fought against the Romans.