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The Beatitudes: Poor in Spirit

Renaissance Church NYC

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The Rich and the Poor in Ancient Israel

In ancient israel, basically the difference between rich and poor was based on land ownership. The only way to legally acquire property in ancient israel was through inheritance. So if you were poor, the only chance you had of changing your status was through inheriting something you could never earn. In leviticus, it says, but the land must not be sold beyond reclaim. For the land is mine. You are but strangers resident with me. There there are no social ladders. There is no weaving in and out of social classes because of your work. And yet, we all love a raks, the richest type story. It showed us every element of his life, from a

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