THEOSISBeda Venerabilis
In a similar manner, when you encounter disbelief and impurity among believers, promptly remove them so that, once their hearts are cleansed—these being the treasures of the Lord filled with the wealth of virtues—the vessels of the Lord may enter. The hearts that were once instruments of error through sin must be transformed again into vessels dedicated to the Lord through correction, allowing the offering of good deeds and the aroma of sincere prayer to occupy the space where the den of thieves once existed (cf. Jer. 7:11). Likewise, the vessels of Tobiah the Ammonite must be expelled from the temple’s treasury, and in their place, the vessels of God, along with the offerings and prayers, should return.
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This restoration is carried out by those who, having excommunicated and denounced heretics and false believers, replace them with faithful servants of Christ capable of serving Him through acts of faith and prayer. It is evident that Nehemiah’s zeal parallels that of the Lord Savior, who, upon finding merchants in the temple, fashioned a whip from ropes and drove them out (See Matt. 21:12; John 2:14-15). In both this event and others, Nehemiah vividly represents the true Comforter and Purifier.