Eric7216
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Nowhere does the Bible state that the rich are condemned. The whole "camel through the eye of a needle" refers to a man-sized gate in the walls of a city. When a city was attacked, the only way in or out of the city was through this gate. In order for a camel to traverse the gate, it would have to unload it's burden and come through on it's knees. A analogy for setting aside what is held as valuable (not doing away with, but making them less important than entering the city) and then submitting (getting down on it's knees).
Interesting. Why did the rich man in Luke 16:19-31 go to hell while the beggar went to heaven? For all we are told, the rich man simply ignored the beggar but he may have provided income and work and charity for others-we don't know. All we know is that the rich man went to hell. And what did the beggar do to get rewarded? He didn't seem to help anyone either. And that forms the anti-wealth social justice theme that fills public policy to this day. (Ironically from people who decry the integration of church and state)