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Great points.
I had a epiphany recently on the sermon on the mount opening: Blessed are the poor in spirit
It's basically affirming every thing in your list....which is blessed are those who don't trust in money and who can live as if they have nothing. Blessed are those who can live without the trappings of wealth...
Private property is affirmed, but taxation is not condemned as improper either.
Neither is slavery! (which I'm not suggesting is ok). Which is interesting because after all taxation is really just another form of slavery.
Interesting point re: taxation and slavery. Although slavery is not explicitly condemned, neither is it condoned, and there are many admonitions regarding the just treatment of slaves and such, so theologians argue that the principles of the Bible eventually lead to the abolition of slavery. I wonder if that case can be made with regard to taxation.
We’ll have to end taxation first
Yeah, there is definitely quite a bit to unpack. But you laid out one of the key principles: trust in God, not money, because money is fleeting and temporary while God is eternal.
A few other key points that are important to emphasize, I think: