Adam Smith was able to tap into the flow of the wealth of nations through capitalism. However, today, the world is 315 trillion dollars in debt.
There is a heavenly flow of wealth. God is the principal source of all things. He created wealth. He gave it to the human family to steward it.
Isaiah 60:1-22 is a prophetic picture of the wealth of nations flowing into the kingdom of God. Verse 5 talks about the wealth of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Verse 9 says they will bring their gold and silver with them.
Another prophetic picture of the wealth of nations is found in Haggai 2:6 (KJV)
“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Solomon tapped into the wealth of nations
God gave Solomon tremous wisdom, riches, and wealth because it was connected to Solomon’s divine calling to govern the nation of Israel.
In 1 Kings 3:5-15. Solomon asked for wisdom. God gave him wisdom, riches, and honor.
1 Kings 10:1-29 is a description of the riches and honor that came to Solomon. Queen Sheba gave Solomon an abundance of spices, precious stones, plus 120 talents of gold. The army of Hiram brought Solomon gold, precious stone, and precious wood.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.
Verses 24-25, all the earth sought Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God put in his heart. Each person gave Solomon presents, vessels of silver, gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, “a rate year by year.”
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God is the source
Adam was the first high priest, or servant who represented the human race before God. He was in the Garden of Eden. The river of God flowed out of Eden to water the Garden, where it was divided into four distinct rivers that flowed into the earth. God put unimaginable wealth in the Garden of Eden. Can anyone put a numerical value on the tree of life?
Jesus occupies the seat of Adam as a high priest, being called the Second Adam. See Psalms 110:4; 2 Corinthians 15:45-48 & Hebrews 7:1-28
Revelation 1:5-6, Jesus has washed us in his blood and has us made a kingdom of priests. This one act describes partnership.
Again, God invested unimaginable wealth into the Garden of Eden and put it under the stewardship of the family of Adam.
Capitalism
Adam Smith gave the world the philosophical principles of ‘the invisible hand of greed’ and the wealth of nations. Adam Smith was a philosopher and the father of capitalism.
Capitalism benefits a few people at the expense of multitudes. A few years back, I recognized that there was a massive flow of wealth that was being pulled out of the system.
We are presently living in times where massive flows of wealth are being pulled out by the system through inflation
People are indebted to this system. They are in massive amounts of debt, tied and yoked to credit card companies, banks, and corporations.
Colossians 2:8, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy, and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ.”
The word “rudiment”in the Bible means the first principles that govern the course of the world system.
Wealth of the world shall vanish in a moment, Revelation 18:17
The fullness of Christ
According to Colossians 2:9-10, ALL THE FULLNESS of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ, and you are complete in him, which is the head of principalities and powers.
The only problem with this verse is it believablity. Believers should embrace this promise wholly. We have lots of evidence in scripture to back it up. But the opposite is true by and large. We will put more faith in money than we are willing to search out scriptures and secure the promises.
Jesus said, ‘You can not serve God and money, for you either love one and hate the other, or you will cling to one and despise the other.’ Matthew 6:24 (KJV)
According to Hebrews 1:2, God appointed Jesus heir of all things.
Jesus is the second Adam. God is going to make all his enemies his footstool, Hebrews 1:13
In Revelation 5:11, the Apostle John heard a loud voice in heaven attest to the wealth that was entrusted to the Jesus, the Lamb of God
“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.”
Now, I did the simple math of the multitude of angelic hosts who were witnesses. Ten thousand times ten thousand equals one hundred million angels. At least 100 million angels are testifying to worth of Jesus, the Lamb of God! But the Apostle John added, saying, and he heard thousands of thousands.
The angelic hosts testified:
“Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:12 (KJV)
The difference
The difference between Solomon and Jesus, Solomon took the riches and wealth entrusted to him and consumed it upon himself.
Solomon’s account of his wealth and wisdom is recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes chapters 1-12 and 1 Kings 10:1-12.
Solomon oppressed of the children Israel to finance his extragrant lifestyle. Solomon robbed the people of their inheritance through excessive taxes, 1 Kings 12:4 & 16. Solomon put a heavy yoke upon the people, a people he was supposed to bless!
The tribes of Israel rebel against the house of David because Solomon took their inheritance through what I call a slow kill. Solomon robbed the people over his forty year reign. The children of Israel were willing to live under this oppressive yoke if the heir to Solomon’s throne would lessen the severity of the yoke.
Solomon was supposed to be a blessing to the house of Israel. He was supposed to use his wisdom to make the people rich. Queen Sheba pointed this out in 1 kings 10:9. Solomon was supposed to bring forth justice and judgment. He was supposed to adminstrate the wealth of the kingdom of God.
Solomon had the knowledge to make this happen. 1 kings 10:27, said Solomon made an abundance of silver to be in Jerusalem like stones on the street.
Solomon introduced idolatry on a massive scale in Jerusalem. See 1 kings 11:1-8. He built altars for his 700 wives and 300 mistresses. He built altars to Ashtoreth, Milcom, to Chemosh and Molech. Solomon’ strange wives burned incense and made sacrifices to their gods!
Get this, according to 1 Kings 11:7, “in the hill that is before Jerusalem.”
Solomon concluded hus experience in Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV),
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commands: for this is the whole duty of man.”
But Jesus, according to the Apostle Paul:
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)
This scriptural promise has been robbed from us by Satan, the Solomons of the Church, and Adam Smiths of the world’ system.
This promise has been robbed because we could not see the big picture. We could not see the purpose of wealth! We were unwilling to do the daily work of walking out the promises. Colossians 2:7 says, “Be rooted and built up in him.”
The opposite is true. Believers are rooted and built up in capitalism, credit card scores, retirement benefits, social security, Medicare, the stock market, 401 k plans, vacations, and 9 to 5 jobs.
The seventh day of creation was designated as a creation day for man to be receiptants of the works of God’s hand.
God reaffirmed that gift to Abraham when he said in Genesis 12:3 & 22:18 that he would bless Abraham and his seed, and through him, bless all the nations of the earth. We have been blessed to be a blessing.
See part 2. “What is Jesus doing with the riches entrusted to him?”
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