Redistribution of wealth is a hot button topic in today’s politics, because people equate it with communism. Yet there is a form of redistribution of wealth in the Bible that has nothing to do with socialism. In the Old Testament debts were forgiven every 50 years and people could get their land back. There was no path to accumulate large land holdings and slowly squeeze out the family farmer. Taxing the rich is also a hot topic in today’s world and there are arguments for and against. In Mark 10:17-31 Jesus gave another solution for at least one man who had accumulated more than a normal share: sell everything and give it to the poor. Jesus did not tell every rich person to do this. He did tell one. How few of us are willing to do just that!
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