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LisaA
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Yes but the post referred to Jesus speaking to His people and in ancient Israel there were no “bread and circuses.” I really saw nothing in Jesus’ teachings that would indicate He suggested handing over your time, talent and treasure to the government to do with as it wished. Yes we are to obey our earthly rulers, to the extent they do not force us to violate God’s Word. But in no way is there some kind of centralized governmental control proposed by Christ.Actually Rome did have a breadline. It also had government-subsidized sports venues, subsidized education, finally they offered free bread, free oil, free pork, free wine, free education, free corn, free salt (which was highly expensive at the time), and of course did I mention free games?
Well it sounded great but it cost a fortune and it forced Rome to tax their rich into oblivion when that ran out of steam, they devalued their coin into obscurity causing massive inflation, when that no longer worked, they simply taxed people by their “stuff” and enslaved them…by that time the Romans were greeting the Barbarian hordes as Liberators.
Lisa