No one seems to have known what Jesus was talking about, 2000 or some years ago, when he said, "To those who have more shall be given, but from those who have not the little they have shall be taken away." (I quote from memory.) It would be interesting to know when people began to take note. Now, at any rate, in our bright and shining plutocracy, his meaning ought to be abundantly clear.
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Here's one of the things Jesus said about the poor, as found in the Gsopel according to Matthew:
ReplyDeleteNow when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon
the leper, there came unto him a woman having an
alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it
on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples
saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is
this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for
much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it,
he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she
hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor
always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that
she had poured this ointment on my body, she did it for
my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this
gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall
also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a
memorial of her. Then one of the twelve, called Judas
Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto
them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto
you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of
silver (Matthew 26:6-15).
Jesus said, mutatis mutandis: My plutocracy is not of this world (John 18:36).
ReplyDeleteThe quote is disturbing. It portends the rape of the earth, the vulnerable, and the defenceless. The global village is no longer surrounded by lush meadows and pristine woods. It is infested with saboteurs and rank profiteers.
ReplyDeleteCan you track the source, Bwana?