Jesus: Redistributionist-in-Chief

[Donnachaidh]

http://consortiumnews.com/2011/09/04/jesus-redistributionist-in-chief/

If Christian conservatives truly understood and accepted the teachings of Jesus, they would not be at the Tea Party barricades fighting to protect the money, power and privileges of the rich; they would be demanding what Jesus wanted, a radical redistribution of wealth and decent treatment of all, as the Rev. Howard Bess notes.

:snip:

According to Luke’s gospel, the beginning of the ministry of Jesus as a reputational rabbi was marked by his public reading of a passage from the Isaiah scroll. His declaration was that a year special to God had arrived, a Jubilee Year that would redistribute wealth and end the economic persecution of the poor.

A key part of the understanding of Jesus involves his understanding of this Year of Jubilee. According to Levitical Law, all land was owned by God. So, the people who controlled the land and farmed it were stewards/servants, but according to Leviticus, they never really owned the land.

Land could be bought and sold but only for a limited time. Plus, the holders of land were under some strict rules. Every seventh year the land could not be farmed, meaning the land had a Sabbath year when it rested.

More at the link --

[The Wielding Truth]

1. There are truths that must be clearly observed. This is one.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Fundies and baggers have little to do with the teaching of Jesus.

More to do Shrub and reasons to be ignorant.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. Hmm, "all land was owned by God".

Or in other words "The Great Creator" like in Native American beliefs.
But white American conquers believed in Manifest Destiny, killing their way from coast to coast.
And Christian conservatives don't really understand the true teachings of Jesus now, do they?