Looking at Money From a Biblical Perspective

  In chapter three, we saw that God did not establish a monetary system in the Garden of Eden. As the owner of the earth and all that is in it, He never intended humanity to be ruled by pieces of coloured paper marked with numbers, nor by coins bearing hidden effigies, because human lives were not meant to be measured in symbols of monetary value. God wanted  Adam to rely on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to work productively and be rewarded with the fruit of his labour. The relationship between the two was more than enough. That was God’s perfect economic plan for humanity — but the Fall disrupted it. Human lives are governed by moral principles. When we break the rules, consequences follow. There was a reason why the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not supposed to even be touched. Adam was instructed not to eat of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eve also received the instruction and argued with the serpent. The authority was in their ...

  WEALTH CREATION IN GOD'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR HUMANITY "And God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."  Genesis 1:26-28 From the very beginning, even before the fall, man was designed to work. Farming was the very first task assigned to mankind, showing that labour and productivity were integral to God's plan for creation.  Everything Adam and Eve needed to live abundantly was already provided on Earth. The perfect environment: air, oxygen, sunlight and rain. He filled the land with seed-bearing nutritious plants (fruits and vegetables, herbs, spices) for food; precious stones, as mentioned in  Genesis 2:10-12  (gold and onyx)   and in  Ezekiel 28:13   (carnelian, chrysolite, emerald, topaz, jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl) ; wood t...

  With so many natural resources and abundance available, a clean atmosphere, and excellent climate conditions, the earth could not be abandoned to its own fate without being taken care of; otherwise, it would have been a waste of time and an unwise decision for God to bring it into existence. Someone had to take care of it, plough the soil, grow crops, reap the harvest, utilise its natural resources effectively , and make the land prosperous. Unfortunately, there was no man to " labour the ground ." For that matter, t he creator  withheld the rain.   Genesis 2:5 Then, God decided to create the first man  from the same   ground dust He brought earth into existence  and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being" Genesis 2:7 . He named him Adam, which means man.   A Reflection on Adam and the Purpose of Creation Adam was the embodiment of God's divine attributes. He reflected the creator's perfect nature: love...

  "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein". "For He founded it on the seas and established it on the waters."   Psalm 24: 1& 2 Was there a world without the monetary system and money? Even before men ever existed to work it and take care of it? And when men were created to take care of the earth, they accessed their basic needs, in exchange for their labour, instead of purchasing them? According to the scriptural records of Genesis 1 and 2 , such a period existed.  In the first two chapters of Genesis, we are given a description of the provision made before humans and animals arrived, and we discover that God equipped the earth with everything required to sustain life.   "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  The earth was formless and empty. Darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God hovered over the waters." Genesis: 1-2.  Creation began with the spoken word...