Prepper Recon

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.  And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:14-30

Capitalism? Seriously? When Jesus describes the Kingdom of Heaven, he uses a capitalistic example? You can go back to the Greek if you need to double check the translation, but it says what it says. And not only does Christ use capitalism, there is a major inequality in the distribution of wealth in this parable. One servant gets five talents, while another recieves only one talent. How can that be fair?

Of course we all feel bad for the servant who only received one talent. And he does the reasonable thing as someone who has been cheated, at least according to today’s standard. He stands in judgement of the man who gave him only one talent. Then, as a further act of protest at not being a member of the privileged class, he does nothing with his talent.

When the Master returns, no sympathetic consolation is given to the cheated servant. He does not receive a full ride scholarship, an EBT card or a welfare check. Instead, the single talent is stripped away from the lazy servant and given to someone who will put it to good use.

The wisdom of the Bible is always challenged by this world and the children of darkness. It’s always been that way and it always will be. Yet, when the smoke clears, the wisdom of the Bible always prevails and the challengers are relegated to the history books. Of course, the children of darkness end up writing most of the history books these days, so we are doomed to repeat our mistakes.

Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war, or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die.” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day. Click here to learn more about knowing GOD.

Have a blessed day and happy prepping!

Mark