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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @joseph_at_nostr_fan 27 Mar \ on: Jesus On Economics - Libertarian Christian Institute econ
Great points, it is also a difficult parable because for many when they read it for the first time it feels unfair.
But when you go deeper into what it teaches you realize that the scenario is much bigger than we thought, I like the NLT version, here I quote the first verse, and the two last onea:
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work...
He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
16 “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
The lessons are many:
- God is sovereign
- He makes us free, and sovereign as well.
- God approves the free market, and the ownership of money.
- God is for freedom, not socialism.
- The vineyard represents work, but also our life on earth. What is visible here, is not necessarily what will count in Heaven. That is why the first will be the last, what the world values is not what God values. God sees the heart, and the values of mankind in action, not wealth or fame.