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kai AND afes aphes FROM-LET remit-you ! hmin hEmin to-US ta THE ofeilhmata opheilEmata OWES debts hmwn hEmOn OF-US hws hOs AS kai kai AND also hmeis hEmeis WE afiemen aphiemen ARE-FROM-LETTING are-remitting tois tois to-THE ofeiletais opheiletais OWErs debtors hmwn hEmOn OF-US
The Lord was telling Israel to pray that GOD would pay TO THEM what they were owed FROM HIM just as they would pay what they owed others on earth...
The Lord reveals here that God looked (looks?) at it as though He was in "debt" to at least Israel.
The way that Christendom has looked backwards at this scripture and has been believing falsely for all these years is a big part of the problem we see people having with "debt" and "deficits" like debt is "bad" or something per se...
Like we need "forgiveness" from it or something...
This is where a lot of the negativity about "debt" comes from in western thought...
As long as incomes are sufficient to pay back debt, debt should not be a problem.... fiscal policy can VERY EASILY provide for sufficient incomes for debt service as well as savings as well as household provision, etc...
1 comment:
Washington:
"For example, Matthew 6:12 says: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
No it does not...
http://scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/NTpdf/mat6.pdf
6:12
kai AND
afes aphes FROM-LET remit-you !
hmin hEmin to-US
ta THE
ofeilhmata opheilEmata OWES debts
hmwn hEmOn OF-US
hws hOs AS
kai kai AND also
hmeis hEmeis WE
afiemen aphiemen ARE-FROM-LETTING are-remitting
tois tois to-THE
ofeiletais opheiletais OWErs debtors
hmwn hEmOn OF-US
The Lord was telling Israel to pray that GOD would pay TO THEM what they were owed FROM HIM just as they would pay what they owed others on earth...
The Lord reveals here that God looked (looks?) at it as though He was in "debt" to at least Israel.
The way that Christendom has looked backwards at this scripture and has been believing falsely for all these years is a big part of the problem we see people having with "debt" and "deficits" like debt is "bad" or something per se...
Like we need "forgiveness" from it or something...
This is where a lot of the negativity about "debt" comes from in western thought...
As long as incomes are sufficient to pay back debt, debt should not be a problem.... fiscal policy can VERY EASILY provide for sufficient incomes for debt service as well as savings as well as household provision, etc...
This is/has been a big problem in Christendom....
rsp,
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