"sought of him a sign from heaven" - Rich Men and Poor Men without Faith

 

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Rich Men and Poor Men without Faith

Christ Jesus must hate the rich, according to the Gospels:

Matthew 19
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 18
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Every poor man hears these words should believe in Christ Jesus, since he must know that being rich is being evil.  

If a rich man loves his poor neighbors, he should give money to the poor neighbors, so that he cannot be rich any more, since there should be many poor neighbors.  In other words, in order to continue to be rich, a rich man should neglect his poor neighbors.

From the beginning, a man with love to his neighbors will not become rich by competing with and defeating them, so that he cannot be rich.

In this context, being rich means having little love to neighbors.  But, Christ Jesus told to love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves while loving the God with all our hearts and might.  Therefore, it is natural that Christ Jesus declared that rich men could not enter into Heaven.

The reason why Christianity prevailed in these 2000 years must be that poor people, a majority of the mankind, have loved these words of Christ Jesus because those words match their thoughts that rich men are bad and evil or men cannot be rich without being bad and evil.

Satan uses money to tempt men.  Satan arouses men's desire for being rich so that they would do anything bad or evil to be rich.  Satan encourages men to become rich neglecting their neighbors even if they know that poor men should suffer and become unhappy.  Satan tells men to be rich even by neglecting and abusing poor neighbors.

First, men think that they have to neglect, abuse, and inflict others so as for them to be rich.  But, gradually, they must come to feel joy in neglecting, abusing, and inflicting others.  They must become happy to see others suffering and feeling pain.  In this way, they will become followers of Satan.   

Being rich is a start point to become a follower of Satan.  It is clear that rich men cannot enter into Heaven.  So, the issue is whether or not a poor man without faith in the God or Christ Jesus can enter into Heaven. 

Probably, every poor man will be put above any rich men in the spirit world.  But, a poor man without faith should love the hell more than Heaven, so that he will spontaneously go to the hell.  Therefore, only poor men who feel happy in Heaven should be true poor men.  (However, such poor men without faith should be very rare; they might be spies of Satan.) 

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Luke 11, King James Version

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.