Luke 20:40. And they dared not ask Him anymore questions(lest they hear what they don't want to hear).
Vs. 46 Beware of the scribes( church leaders) which love to wear expensive suits and love to be esteemed in Public places and love the main seat of honor on the podium in the church in front of everybody, and the chief seat at the church dinners.
They have no problem lying to the widows about tithing. They'll take the tenth of their social security check and then say 'let us pray........'! Living lavishly off the backs of the poor.
Jesus saw the well to do putting their money in the offering plate then a poor widow put all her money into the plate with nothing left over.
Jesus pointed to this corrupt religious system and He rested His In so many words, 'This poor widow turned all her monthly check over to these wolves that received it happily with dollar signs in their eyes. They gave out of their exorbitant abundance.'
I submit that lies have been propagated by greedy men to convince the sheep that this robbery and devouring of a widow's income is endorsed by God as the way to sacrificialy give. Context tells us otherwise. Let's see now. You give your whole check every week into that plate shoved under your nose and just how far do you think you'll get. Is this where the term 'dumb sheep' was birthed?
Paul refutes this scandalous deception when he says that we are to give NOT to the point where it hurts us but what we can afford. Then it is to give to the poor and traveling preachers/missionaries.
Take a somber note: right after this, Jesus tells them how He's going to bring this whole money mad religious system down in 70ad. The robbers of the poor have their days numbered and may I throw in right here, the robbers behind the elevated pulpits that are causing this hardship on the widows and poor of today, have few days left to work their fraud and abuse! Count on it!
Vs. 46 Beware of the scribes( church leaders) which love to wear expensive suits and love to be esteemed in Public places and love the main seat of honor on the podium in the church in front of everybody, and the chief seat at the church dinners.
They have no problem lying to the widows about tithing. They'll take the tenth of their social security check and then say 'let us pray........'! Living lavishly off the backs of the poor.
Jesus saw the well to do putting their money in the offering plate then a poor widow put all her money into the plate with nothing left over.
Jesus pointed to this corrupt religious system and He rested His In so many words, 'This poor widow turned all her monthly check over to these wolves that received it happily with dollar signs in their eyes. They gave out of their exorbitant abundance.'
I submit that lies have been propagated by greedy men to convince the sheep that this robbery and devouring of a widow's income is endorsed by God as the way to sacrificialy give. Context tells us otherwise. Let's see now. You give your whole check every week into that plate shoved under your nose and just how far do you think you'll get. Is this where the term 'dumb sheep' was birthed?
Paul refutes this scandalous deception when he says that we are to give NOT to the point where it hurts us but what we can afford. Then it is to give to the poor and traveling preachers/missionaries.
Take a somber note: right after this, Jesus tells them how He's going to bring this whole money mad religious system down in 70ad. The robbers of the poor have their days numbered and may I throw in right here, the robbers behind the elevated pulpits that are causing this hardship on the widows and poor of today, have few days left to work their fraud and abuse! Count on it!
