Today I read Deuteronomy 24 which again covers a few different topics. It talks about putting a wife away for divorce and lending a tool to someone who is poor. The Lord clearly is trying to get the Israelites to have a society where they think of others more than they think of themselves. If you need evidence of that, all you have to do is read the last few verses of this chapter.
The Lord talks about harvesting crops, grapes and olives. He states that after the initial harvest, you should not go back and glean the fields, trees or vines again, but rather look at it as helping the needy. He says that any that are left after the initial harvest are for the poor, widows and strangers. As I read this, I cannot help but think about Moses 7:18 that describes Zion as being no poor among them and being one heart.
The only way to ensure that there is no poor among a society, is for the society to consciously make it that way. Now, some might cry out citing earlier posts where I was harsh towards those that don't want to work and they would be right, and I personally feel that Zion will not work as a society if there are people who do not want to work for their living. Zion will work when they are of one mind, meaning everyone is working towards the same goal, the key word being work. Zion is all about the work. In Zion, everyone is working towards the eradication of poor and inequality. But again, it only works if everyone is committed to it. You cannot have some people riding the coat tails of others. This is the part about being one heart and one mind. We are a far cry from it here in America but we will get there some day, even if only in the millennium. Until tomorrow.
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