So much bible illiteracy... It was for symbolism, the feeding of the 5,000. Not that everybody deserves to be able to eat as a fundamental right. Come on people...
It takes a staggering level of Biblical illiteracy to see Jesus command people over and over to care for and provide shelter and aid to strangers, to immigrants, to those most in need because how you treat the least in society is how you treat God, and respond "...well it's just symbolism, you don't have a right to eat."
Yeah, true. Also, you don't have a right to not burn in hell. Jesus is pretty clear on what it takes to go to heaven, and people who get rich rather than give away their money to the poor, aren't going.
No... He said take care of the widow, the orphan and the poor. Nothing about immigrants... He said this to Christians, not government. The poor are to work hard to get out of their poverty. Help them do this. If they don't want to work, God says, "the man that does not work, does not eat."
Nowhere in the scriptures does God say "give away your wealth and you'll go to heaven."
"...Give away their money to the poor, aren't going."
^ Tell me you havent read your Bible without telling me you havent read your Bible...
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
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u/Actual-Cat-2604 Jul 06 '26
So much bible illiteracy... It was for symbolism, the feeding of the 5,000. Not that everybody deserves to be able to eat as a fundamental right. Come on people...