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No one is as poor as he who does not understand the grace upon which he lives and the grace of appointment to the purpose of his own existence. But he that understand this can find peace and joy and happyness regardless of his circumstances.
Everyone started being poor in some things and rich in other things. Everyone started in balance. Yet most people would only see money for in their own addiction they loose sight of the value of the things around them. And this happens to financial rich people and financial poor people.
A child will play with pearls and diamonds as if it is pebbles not understanding the value of that which he plays with. But those who humbles themselves and earnestly seek, ask and knock will find the pearls and diamonds of the Almighty and be renewed in his own intellect and wisdom. Yet those that see themselves as being intelligent will question to more than their understanding, and they shut their ears to the answers of wisdom and therefore the parables of the almighty will be lost to them.
Therefore in simple terms: A person cannot find an answer that is above the level of his arrogancy, but he will find the answers to the questions to the level of his own humility.
Everyone started being poor in some things and rich in other things. Everyone started in balance. Yet most people would only see money for in their own addiction they loose sight of the value of the things around them. And this happens to financial rich people and financial poor people.
A child will play with pearls and diamonds as if it is pebbles not understanding the value of that which he plays with. But those who humbles themselves and earnestly seek, ask and knock will find the pearls and diamonds of the Almighty and be renewed in his own intellect and wisdom. Yet those that see themselves as being intelligent will question to more than their understanding, and they shut their ears to the answers of wisdom and therefore the parables of the almighty will be lost to them.
Therefore in simple terms: A person cannot find an answer that is above the level of his arrogancy, but he will find the answers to the questions to the level of his own humility.
Here is my take on the “first will be last and the last will be first” thing:
Some people get off to a good start in life, obeying the Lord’s commandments. At this point in their lives, they are the “first.”
The Lord rewards these people, and when he does, many of them become prideful. When they do, they go from being the first to being the last.
Meanwhile, many of the people who did poorly early in their lives—those who were “last”—repent of their sin. When they do, they become the first.
Some people get off to a good start in life, obeying the Lord’s commandments. At this point in their lives, they are the “first.”
The Lord rewards these people, and when he does, many of them become prideful. When they do, they go from being the first to being the last.
Meanwhile, many of the people who did poorly early in their lives—those who were “last”—repent of their sin. When they do, they become the first.
This is from Noah's Ark Overview and it talks about metals. I believe it, but don't know.
"(Left) Ron Wyatt found a beautiful specimen of one of the metal rivets used on the ark. It was tested and found to contain high-tech metal alloys, such as titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, etc. Critics have said Ron did not find this fine specimen on the ark but just manufactured it. Well, as you will see below, we found the same objects and had them tested. They too proved to have the same metals, in the same percentages! (Below) Two rough rivets in lower portion of photo."
"(Left) Ron Wyatt found a beautiful specimen of one of the metal rivets used on the ark. It was tested and found to contain high-tech metal alloys, such as titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, etc. Critics have said Ron did not find this fine specimen on the ark but just manufactured it. Well, as you will see below, we found the same objects and had them tested. They too proved to have the same metals, in the same percentages! (Below) Two rough rivets in lower portion of photo."
“Many that are first,” Jesus has just finished saying, “will be last and the last first.” Now he illustrates this by telling a story.-Matthew 19:30; 20:1-16.
The householder, or owner of the vineyard, is Jehovah God, and the vineyard is the nation of Israel. The workers in the vineyard are persons brought into the Law covenant; they are specifically those Jews living in the days of the apostles. It is only with the full-day workers that a wage agreement is made. The wage is a denarius for the day’s work. Since “the third hour” is 9:00　a.m., those called at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 11th hours work, respectively, only 9, 6,　3, and 1　hours.
The 12-hour, or full-day, workers represent the Jewish leaders who have been occupied continually in religious service. They are unlike Jesus’ disciples, who have, for most of their lives, been employed in fishing or other secular occupations. Not until the fall of 29　C.E. did the “householder” send Jesus Christ to gather these to be his disciples. They thus became “the last,” or the 11th-hour vineyard workers.
Finally, the symbolic workday ends with the death of Jesus, and the time comes to pay the workers. The unusual rule of paying the last first is followed, as is explained in this account. In conclusion Jesus repeated a point made earlier, saying: “In this way the last ones will be first, and the first ones last.”
The receiving of the denarius occurred, not at Jesus’ death, but at Pentecost 33　C.E., when Christ, the “man in charge,” poured out holy spirit on his disciples. These disciples of Jesus were like “the last,” or the 11th-hour, workers.
The denarius did not represent the gift of the holy spirit itself. The denarius was something for the disciples to use here on earth. It was something that meant their livelihood, their everlasting life. It was the privilege of being a spiritual Israelite, anointed to preach about　God’s Kingdom.
Soon those hired first observed that Jesus’ disciples had been paid, and they saw them using the symbolic denarius. But they wanted more than the holy spirit and its associated Kingdom privileges. Their murmuring and objections took the form of persecuting Christ’s disciples, “the last” workers in the vineyard.
The householder, or owner of the vineyard, is Jehovah God, and the vineyard is the nation of Israel. The workers in the vineyard are persons brought into the Law covenant; they are specifically those Jews living in the days of the apostles. It is only with the full-day workers that a wage agreement is made. The wage is a denarius for the day’s work. Since “the third hour” is 9:00　a.m., those called at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 11th hours work, respectively, only 9, 6,　3, and 1　hours.
The 12-hour, or full-day, workers represent the Jewish leaders who have been occupied continually in religious service. They are unlike Jesus’ disciples, who have, for most of their lives, been employed in fishing or other secular occupations. Not until the fall of 29　C.E. did the “householder” send Jesus Christ to gather these to be his disciples. They thus became “the last,” or the 11th-hour vineyard workers.
Finally, the symbolic workday ends with the death of Jesus, and the time comes to pay the workers. The unusual rule of paying the last first is followed, as is explained in this account. In conclusion Jesus repeated a point made earlier, saying: “In this way the last ones will be first, and the first ones last.”
The receiving of the denarius occurred, not at Jesus’ death, but at Pentecost 33　C.E., when Christ, the “man in charge,” poured out holy spirit on his disciples. These disciples of Jesus were like “the last,” or the 11th-hour, workers.
The denarius did not represent the gift of the holy spirit itself. The denarius was something for the disciples to use here on earth. It was something that meant their livelihood, their everlasting life. It was the privilege of being a spiritual Israelite, anointed to preach about　God’s Kingdom.
Soon those hired first observed that Jesus’ disciples had been paid, and they saw them using the symbolic denarius. But they wanted more than the holy spirit and its associated Kingdom privileges. Their murmuring and objections took the form of persecuting Christ’s disciples, “the last” workers in the vineyard.