JESUS Was Not Poor!
JESUS was not poor!
His stepfather, Joseph was a craftsman, they would have been
a middle class family, they received gifts of gold from the wise men (we do not
know how much). This allowed them to live in Egypt and return to Israel a few years
later (Matthew 2). They had at least 7 children JESUS of course was the first
born (Mark 6:1-6). Mary and her other children followed JESUS around, poor families
did not travel (Luke 8:19-21). JESUS learned his father’s craft (Matthew 13:55;
Mark 6:3; Luke 4:22), so would some if not all of his four other sons, they
would have supported the family.
The Scripture that is
used to claim that JESUS was poor is 2 Corinthians 8:8-9, “I speak not by
commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your Love by the diligence of
others. For you know the Grace of our LORD JESUS Christ, yet that though He was
rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might
become rich.” Paul is challenging the people to give to the poor of the Church
in Judea, not claiming that JESUS lived in poverty!
JESUS left the riches of Heaven, not earthly riches, He did
not own great wealth in Heaven, His Riches were His being The Son of GOD and
doing The Will of GOD! His poverty was the fact that He was living in the flesh
in the earth where He was being rejected as the Savior of humanity.
In Matthew 6:19-24, JESUS challenges us to not seek earthly
treasures but Heavenly Treasures, which are the Rewards for doing the Will of
GOD; 1 Corinthians 3:5-15.
Read the Gospels, JESUS had nothing good to say about money
or rich people.
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