Scapegoat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoKX5-q2x4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opgFgY4rnU4





http://www.shalom.org.uk/sidra/documents/documents/YomKippur5.htm

Lev 16:6 “Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for an uninhabitable place,[b][c] 9 he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot for an uninhabitable place is to be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement with it by sending it into the wilderness for an uninhabitable place.

11 “When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering. 12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the curtain. 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony, or else he will die.14 He is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.

15 “When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. 16 He will make atonement for the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites’ impurities and rebellious acts. He will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities. 17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the most holy place until he leaves after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel. 18 Then he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar. 19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart from the Israelites’ impurities.

20 “When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts—all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.[d] 22 The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

The desolate land to which the goat would be released might be by the Dead Sea, as pictured in the famous painting above. The idea was that the goat bearing the sins of the people would die. The wages of sin is death.

All the sacrifices of Leviticus are pictures of the offering of Jesus the Messiah.  He is the Passover Lamb.  He is the firstfruits resurrected on the day after the first Sabbath following the Passover.  He is the Scapegoat, bearing the sins of the people on that terrible hill outside the city.  

Isaiah 53:4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;
but we in turn regarded him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,

crushed because of our iniquities;
punishment for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.
6 We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished him
for[c] the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered his fate?[d]
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

Yes, while we were still sinners, Jesus died for us.  We are blessed who believe and accept His love for us.  

John 3 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Jesus and Nicodemus

3 There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.”

3 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again,[a] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 “How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.8 The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

9 “How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.

10 “Are you a teacher[b] of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied. 11 “Truly I tell you, we speak what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascendedinto heaven except the one who descended from heaven —the Son of Man.[c]

14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may[d]have eternal life. 16 For God loved the world in this way:[e] He gave[f]his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoKX5-q2x4

Near the Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5C9FfVA-OI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpVCeHRkWcY



Near the Cross
by Randolph Gonce, April 13, 2019

Jesus, keep me near the cross.  
Let me hang my head in shame, 
as I remember You bore my blame 
upon that tree on Calvary.

And may I clearly see
the love that You have for me
by hanging on that cruel tree
at Calvary.

Help me change my mind from sin,
longing deeply from within,
for a new life that began
at Calvary.

Plunged me in the fountain free,
being fully immersed in Thee,
so that my sins did flee; 
fully cleansed at Calvary.

Immersed in water in Your name,
your promises to claim,
by fully trusting in Your aim
at Calvary.

Help me walk with You each day,
bearing my cross upon the way,
knowing I must suffer too,
with You at Calvary.

On that day when You return,
the temporary things will burn,
and all who trust in You will see,
glorification from Calvary.

And we will live eternally
by the river of life that flows, 
giving life to all He knows,
by His blood at Calvary.

Jesus made peace by His sacrifice for sins upon the cross.  The wages of sin is death.  Sin separates us from God.  All have sinned and missed the mark of righteousness. A sufficient sacrifice was required to pay the price for the sins of all human kind.  Read Isaiah 53 and Psalms 22.

The sacrifice of Jesus is pictured by the Passover Lamb, the Scapegoat, and the ram that took Isaac's place on the altar.  See  https://rgonce.blogspot.com/2013/03/pictures-of-salvation.html

Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Yes, the gospel is a bloody message. Those who do not believe are offended by it. But for all who believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, it is a glorious message. It speaks of God's love for us. It opens the door to righteousness to all who truly believe and trust in Him.

Philippians 2 English Standard Version (ESV)


Christ's Example of Humility

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Yes, every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. When He comes in His glory, the temporary things will melt. And those who trust in Him will be glorified and be caught up to meet Him in the air.. 1 Thes 4.

Gal 6:14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[b] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

As I take up my cross daily, and follow Jesus, seeking to please Him, I am strengthened by His Holy Spirit, Who reminds me of what I have learned from the Holy Scriptures. He gives me strength and encouragement. He gives me hope centered in the resurrection. Jesus was taken down from the cross, buried, and rose from the grave early Sunday morning, and moved my vision to the open grave. His resurrection gives hope of eternal life to all who truly trust in Him.

https://rgonce.blogspot.com/2013/03/jesus-in-hades.html

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGq0J9IGmxQ

Bonafide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QekPh9XfhM0&list=PLPhb5GPf3Rfc944An2iDh_kTHkrKhoCED&index=23&t=0s


adjective: bonafide
1. genuine; real.
"only bona fide members of the company are allowed to use the logo"

synonyms: authentic, genuine, real, true, actual, sterling, sound, legal, legitimate, lawful, valid, unadulterated, unalloyed, proper, straight, fair and square.

So who is a genuine follower of our Lord Jesus Christ?  Who is a legal, legitimate, lawful believer? Who is a bonafide Christian?

Jesus taught that not all who claim him are genuine.  Some do not even know Him. Some are not legit.

Entering the Kingdom

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

15 “Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. 16 You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’ 23 Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’

Actions determine and manifest reality.  Claiming to be genuine must be made real by what we do.  James, bother of Jesus, speaks clearly about what is a demonstration of true fidelity.  What we do and who we care for shows if we are truly following Jesus.

James 1 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Greeting

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ:

To the twelve tribes dispersed abroad.

Greetings.

Trials and Maturity

2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, 8 being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his exaltation, 10 but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field. 11 For the sun rises and, together with the scorching wind, dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance perishes. In the same way, the rich person will wither away while pursuing his activities.

12 Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

13 No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. 14 But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. 15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.18 By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,20 for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. 21 Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

26 If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself. 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Bonafide faith in Jesus shows itself in action.  What we say is not as real as what we do.  People hear what we say, and they see what we do.  Seeing is believing, we like to say in Crow Creek Valley.  But John said that those who have not seen, and yet believe the message of the Apostles, are bonafide. 

Thomas Sees and Believes

24 But Thomas (called “Twin”), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”

28 Thomas responded to him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

The Purpose of This Gospel

30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

The genuine follower of Jesus has life in His name.  The words of Jesus and the Apostles were written down and delivered to us so that we may believe that Jesus is the Messiah.  As Apostle Paul said, God chose the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved. 19 For it is written,

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.

20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? 21 For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached. 22 For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. 24 Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, 25 because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

The bonafide message emphasizes giving up self and trusting life in the Son.  Paul explains the message clearly. 

1 Corinthians 15 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Resurrection Essential to the Gospel

15 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. 6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he also appeared to me.

A message by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message.  The same message preached by Peter on the day of Pentecost.  

36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”

Call to Repentance

37 When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what should we do?”

38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” 40 With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!” 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

Those who accepted the message were baptized.  Immersed in water.  Why?  Because it was what Jesus had commanded. 

The Great Commission

Matt 28:16 The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped, but some doubted. 18 Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

The Great Commission

Mark 16:14 Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen. 15 Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Submitting to the true message with real obedient faith produces genuine Christians.  There is no faith alone, only obedient faith, because Jesus asks us to do something specific to make things bonafide.  It is simple.  Submission of our will by doing something that is not humanly rational shows our trust. 

https://rgonce.blogspot.com/2013/03/pictures-of-salvation.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlq7hjZazPY&list=PLPhb5GPf3Rfc944An2iDh_kTHkrKhoCED&index=34&t=0s

T'he Blessing of Giving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoKX5-q2x4

Advocates of socialism often use disparity in wealth to justify wanting to increase taxes on the rich, so as to have more government programs for the poor. 

When Israel was established in 1948, socialism was the preferred economic model, and a national water company and national electric company were established. The Kibbutz movement was community socialism, a natural inclination for those who had lived with communism in Russia.

But socialism has lost its luster in Israel.  A recent poll of the people of Israel revealed that socialism is no longer loved so much there. 

https://worldisraelnews.com/israeli-poll-majority-says-free-enterprise-and-less-red-tape-key-to-prosperity

And using income disparity to condemn our economic system seems to be prompted by covetousness.  Which probably explains why the proponents of socialism and communism in the 19th Century were mostly atheists and agnostics, and supporters of naturally evolving systems based on human philosophy.  The desire to take from the wealthy and redistribute wealth seems to go against the 10th Commandment. 

Ex 20:17 Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Abraham was wealthy, but he used his wealth as a blessing to others.  David was wealthy, and used his wealth to prepare for the building of the temple at Jerusalem.  History is replete with records of rich people who were a blessing because they were able to give for good works.

Apostle Paul taught us to focus on giving instead of receiving. He worked with his own hands in the common labor of tent makings to support himself so as to not be dependent on others. He had the right, as a religious teacher, to be supported by those he taught, but he preferred to provide for himself.  Paul's attitude is what believers should emulate today.

Acts 20:32 “And now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified. 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing. 34 You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me. 35 In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Yes, Jesus turned the world upside down. Physical wealth is not the object of life, but a blessed life by faith in Jesus gives us comfort and hope.

1 Thessalonians 4 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Call to Sanctification

4:1 Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God—as you are doing—do this even more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4 that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God. 6 This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you. 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness. 8 Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Loving and Working

9 About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers and sisters in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to do this even more, 11 to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 so that you may behave properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

So focusing on how much wealth someone else has compared to me and my friends seems to be a wrong inclination.  If I believe the words of Jesus, "it is more blessed to give than to receive", then I am surely not concerned about how much money some rich people have.  As I have opportunity, I will teach them the blessing of giving. 


God and Possessions

Mat 6:19 “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!

24 “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

The Cure for Anxiety

25 “Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these. 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you—you of little faith? 31 So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. 34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Redistribution of wealth will do nothing to bring joy and peace into people's lives. Only faith in Jesus Christ will produce a fulfilled life. Everything else is frustration; futile, falsified, fruitless, fitful, failure.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbAsH4a3T_g&list=PLPhb5GPf3Rfc944An2iDh_kTHkrKhoCED&index=9&t=0s