jesus was a capitalist

“For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.”

okay before I jump in, I have a lot of thoughts about who Jesus was and wasn’t but that might take a while so we can save it for another time.

let’s get into it. The long awaited Jesus was a capitalist.

First up.

Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30)

So, for context, supposedly this is a story that Jesus shared with his disciples on the Mount of Olives in the days before his crucifixion (I was just there!!! The Mount of Olives, not the crucifixion). A parable is a short, symbolic story used to communicate a deeper spiritual lesson…

The story:

• A master prepares to go on a long journey and entrusts his servants with his wealth.

• To one servant, he gives five talents (a large sum of money), to another two talents, and to the third one talent, each according to their ability.

• The servants with five and two talents immediately put the money to work and double what was entrusted to them.

• The servant with one talent, out of fear, buries it in the ground and returns only what he was given.

When the master returns:

• The first two servants are praised: “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful with a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”

• The third servant is condemned: the master calls him wicked and lazy for failing to use what was given, and his single talent is taken away and given to the one with ten…
  So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

  ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Guysssss that last bit is manifesting 101! Abundance mentality vs. lack mentality… (although manifesting is less - “you will be cast out into the darkness + gnashing of teeth”, and more, you’re not going to get what you want if you’re living in lack… perhaps a topic for another day…)

Otherwise the story… capitalist AF. Take what you’ve been given, go and invest it and earn a return. Taking risks is the only way. Put it in the stock market baby, start a business, give it to a banker and earn interest on it. The first two servants both earn a 100% return. Nice. But the message to me feels like, basically do anything except keeping it hidden under the bed…

Likewise with our gifts (talents, literally)… this is the message I need to be reminded of today... share them with the world. Do not bury them in fear.

Anyway, we shall explore more in part 2…

I don’t see these as inconsistent with my argument… juicy. we can get into.

(apparently early Christians are described as holding everything in common and distributing according to need. So sure, maybe some of his early followers were communist.)

okkkk bye, see you next time xoxo

p.s. I am annoyed at myself for saying these would be weekly. The last one I wrote was 4 weeks ago. Oops. I promised 6 episodes, I will not promise weekly, but more is coming at some point, soon, stay tuned…