Tomorrow I'm talking about Mark's Jesus condemning rich people.
In the first century, Jews thought wealth meant God's approval of rich people's lives.
But Jesus turns away a rich young man who won't give up his wealth to follow Jesus.
The disciples are shocked but Jesus tells them: "it is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
Pretty tough, no?
Some early scholars suggested that there was a gate to Jerusalem that was called 'the needle' and a camel could go through on it's knees. But why would a camel owner do that because there were other gates.
Besides, history says there was no such gate.
But Jesus saves the rich by saying "In God, all things are possible."
In God all things are possible.
Something to ponder and reflect on.
In God, all things are possible....
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