I've always found the Monday of Holy Week intriguing. After arriving in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Jesus purposely goes to the Temple, but since everybody has gone home for the day, he leaves. He arrives back the next morning and drives out the money changers, but not before cursing the fig tree (Mark 11:11-17).
Clearly these two actions--the cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the Temple--go together. He curses the fig tree for showing signs of fruit, but no actual fruit. He cleanses the Temple because he finds corruption and greed in the very place where people are supposed to encounter God.
Paul goes on to say that, through the work of Christ, we are the temple in whom God's Spirit dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19), which begs some questions . . .
In what ways does Jesus need to cleanse us? What "tables" does he need overturn (selfishness, anger, mistreatment of others)? What fruit are we producing? How are people encountering God through our witness and character?