- Jun 22, 2024
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Jesus is mentioned often as being poor, and often this is contrasted with "spiritual wealth" which he has a lot of.
This strikes me as odd for a few reasons.
First and foremost, he did have a job. He was a carpenter. I can't imagine someone having a job for a decade and a half if it wasn't going to change situations like where he had to ask a Pharisee for a coin just so he could say "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's".
Second, he is the son of God. Why does he technically need wealth (or job-searching) in the same way as us? Material and spiritual wealth are good to distinguish, but at some point, one is going to be obsolete anyways.
Other things that come to mind is he did talk highly of doing good and he did travel a lot. But I think, wait, as a poor person?
It feels like something is going on here.
This strikes me as odd for a few reasons.
First and foremost, he did have a job. He was a carpenter. I can't imagine someone having a job for a decade and a half if it wasn't going to change situations like where he had to ask a Pharisee for a coin just so he could say "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's".
Second, he is the son of God. Why does he technically need wealth (or job-searching) in the same way as us? Material and spiritual wealth are good to distinguish, but at some point, one is going to be obsolete anyways.
Other things that come to mind is he did talk highly of doing good and he did travel a lot. But I think, wait, as a poor person?
It feels like something is going on here.