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utilities, railroads and other community service providers. The law of eminent domain
has also been invoked in cases involving public safety.”
God through His Prophet Jeremiah indicted the powerful people of Judah who were at
that time responsible for taking away houses and property belonging to people who had
inherited it from their forefathers as does yet happen in some situations today:
Jeremiah 6:12-13 “And their houses shall be turned over to others, fields
and wives together; for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of
the land,” says the LORD. “Because from the least of them even to the
greatest of them, everyone is given to COVETOUSNESS; . . .”
Foreclosures
Due to the continuing collapse of the economy,
loss of employment, and for other reasons,
homes have been taken away from their owners
by banks and finance companies due to failure
of making the needed payments.
As the result there are families living under
bridges and similar places struggling to remain
alive.
Taxes/Tithing
COVETING by powerful men and women in high places has led to excessively taxing
people beyond their means while filling their own bank accounts. Though it is legally
done it is still in God’s eyes an act of robbery and extortion. The indictment against such
people by God is the same today as it was in ancient Israel:
Ezekiel 22:12 “In you (
Jerusalem)
they (
princes, rulers, verse 6
) take bribes to
shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your
neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord GOD.
Forgetting God is also to have forgotten His laws of tithing. If practiced there would be
no need of taxation for the tithes would provide all the needs of government and would
enable the little people to have a higher standard of living and prosper without the worry
of having their homes taken away from them.
Gambling, Lotto, Etc.
Gambling is a big-time operation in present-day society. People at all levels of society
involve themselves in some form of it. Though it is entertainment for some it is another
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