Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
A rich man trusts his wealth. It provides him with a false sense of safety and security. It makes him feel invincible. Also, once he has grown to a certain social status, he despises the poor. He despises the poor by either his generosity, his false pity or by plain disdain of people who are not as refined as he is. But here is where God comes in the picture: Another one of King Solomon’s Proverb says, The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Biblical society was different than ours in the sense that there was no middle-class. The rich were the rulers, the clergy and the merchants. The poor were usually the manual workers and the farmers. The wealth of the rich was dependant on the labor of the poor.
Even today, through the dynamics of business and banking, there is not a rich man on earth whose wealth does not originate from misfortune of the poor. The richest men on earth live on the back of those who buy into their ungodly business practices. God does not approve of this and His retribution system in the society of the humans is that: The destruction of the poor is their (the rich man’) poverty. When the poor loses, they both go down. We see that time and again. Whenever things get too tough for the poor, it affects the rich so they have to do things like cut interest rates or give tax rebates. This gives a boost to the economy by mostly keeping things moving. It helps the working class get their basic needs so they don’t revolt, and it keeps the money moving back into the coffers of the rich.
How diabolical therefore for the rich to seat of their mountain of gold and despise the laboring class to whom they owe their wealth. God was wise in creating both classes. The handling of wealth really helps reveals one’s character.
Maybe we need to get back to God’s economic system. God had established a jubilee every seven years. At the jubilee slaves were freed, properties acquired through bankruptcy were returned to their owners, debts were forgiven. One could not refuse to lend because he knew the jubilee year was coming. The Bible said that God established this system. That He did it so the rich never go too rich and the poor never got too poor, so there would not be oppression in Israel.
It has been calculated that Jesus was possibly born in or near a jubilee year. His return will be the greatest jubilee of all. All people will be again given the land of their inheritance; debt will be cancelled; offenses forgiven, the whole system will reboot with a new improved platform: God’s platform. At that time also, all our earthly works will be judged in the fire of god’s judgment. Will your stand the heat?
The rich man's wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
A rich man trusts his wealth. It provides him with a false sense of safety and security. It makes him feel invincible. Also, once he has grown to a certain social status, he despises the poor. He despises the poor by either his generosity, his false pity or by plain disdain of people who are not as refined as he is. But here is where God comes in the picture: Another one of King Solomon’s Proverb says, The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Biblical society was different than ours in the sense that there was no middle-class. The rich were the rulers, the clergy and the merchants. The poor were usually the manual workers and the farmers. The wealth of the rich was dependant on the labor of the poor.
Even today, through the dynamics of business and banking, there is not a rich man on earth whose wealth does not originate from misfortune of the poor. The richest men on earth live on the back of those who buy into their ungodly business practices. God does not approve of this and His retribution system in the society of the humans is that: The destruction of the poor is their (the rich man’) poverty. When the poor loses, they both go down. We see that time and again. Whenever things get too tough for the poor, it affects the rich so they have to do things like cut interest rates or give tax rebates. This gives a boost to the economy by mostly keeping things moving. It helps the working class get their basic needs so they don’t revolt, and it keeps the money moving back into the coffers of the rich.
How diabolical therefore for the rich to seat of their mountain of gold and despise the laboring class to whom they owe their wealth. God was wise in creating both classes. The handling of wealth really helps reveals one’s character.
Maybe we need to get back to God’s economic system. God had established a jubilee every seven years. At the jubilee slaves were freed, properties acquired through bankruptcy were returned to their owners, debts were forgiven. One could not refuse to lend because he knew the jubilee year was coming. The Bible said that God established this system. That He did it so the rich never go too rich and the poor never got too poor, so there would not be oppression in Israel.
It has been calculated that Jesus was possibly born in or near a jubilee year. His return will be the greatest jubilee of all. All people will be again given the land of their inheritance; debt will be cancelled; offenses forgiven, the whole system will reboot with a new improved platform: God’s platform. At that time also, all our earthly works will be judged in the fire of god’s judgment. Will your stand the heat?
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