Mystery, Babylon The Great (2005) - Escape Babylon's Demons

professing Christian Capitalists that Jesus and his apostles weren’t capitalists. Let’s
not forget that the Lord Jesus Christ was a financially poor, yet holy man. In fact, by
today’s haughty conservative middle-upper middle class evangelical standards, Jesus
Christ might be labeled indigent, or an imbalanced ex-carpenter and homeless
religious fanatic. Not only was Jesus voluntarily poor, but so were his holy apostles
who followed his lifestyle.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other
side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou
goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the ai r have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Matthew 8:18-20)
Was the Apostle Paul a capitalist? Certainly not. He taught that God desires financial
equality among believers as those with insufficient income are supplied by the extra
income of other believers.
For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: But by an equality, that now at this time
your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your
want: that there may be equality: As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and
he that had gathered little had no lack. (2 Corinthians 8:13-15)
And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and
goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. (Acts 2:44-45)
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neit her said any of them
that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with
great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was
upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of
lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down
at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. (Acts
4:32-35)
Law of the Year of Jubilee
As further proof that the Lord God isn't a capitalist, consider that he established the
Law of the Year of Jubilee as recorded in the Book of Leviticus chapters 25-27. Every
50th year the Israelites were to return all real property to it's original owner. Slaves
who had sold themselves to survive were to be set free. One of God intents in
establishing the Jubilee Year was to prevent human rights abuses resulting form the
oppression of the poor by the rich. Such abuses are a natural by-product of unbiblical
human economic philosophies like capitalism and communism. These ungodly
economic philosophies fail to provide a moral balancing mechanism which
compensates for the natural greed of the human heart.
Last days warning
Consider the last days warning to the church from the Book of James concerning