The Gospel.

The Gospel is uncompromisingly Marxist.

There is nothing Capitalist or even Prosperous about the Gospel.

"'Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain shall be made low.'" Luke 3:5 (NRSV)

"'He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly, he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.'"  Luke 1: 52,53 (NRSV)

"Sell all you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'"  Luke 18;22 (NRSV)

"There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold.  They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need."  Acts 4:34,35 (NRSV)

"'You cannot serve God and wealth.'"  Matthew 6:24 (NRSV)

The King James Bible uses the term filthy lucre - attributing it to both St. Peter and St, Paul.  

So why does the Church reject Marxist ideas and support the Status Quo?

There is not one word of Jesus' teachings in any of the Creeds.

Instead we have statements about the Christ which establish him as an absolute.

At Nicea the Bishops aligned themselves with the ruling elite and they modified the Gospel to suit its needs.

Therefore we have Universal Condemnation for Original Sin, Jesus as a human sacrifice, and the threat of Judgement and Eternal Damnation.

These are the temptations of power.

And God sends his prophets to challenge them.

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants describes their fate. 

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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