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Biblical Reading and Reflections: December 14th (Isaiah 57 & Luke 16)

Alastair's Adversaria

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The Importance of Money in the Gospel

Jesus is clearly accusing the money serving pharisees of abusing their power for dishonest gain from the poor. Money has become a master to these people, it's a sort of idolatry that they have committed themselves to. The parable of the rich maner lazarus should probably not be read as a literal account of the post mortem state. Rather, its using a particular picture of the post-mortem state as a parable of something else.

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