Jesus, in the ‘parable of the sheep and goats,’ ended it with a great and terrible promise: “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal” (Mat 25:46).
Now we must take a closer look at
what He meant: Who did He mean by “these?” They are those who failed to help
others (v. 42).
Now, we must examine help.
To their credit, Marxists mean well; they have just failed to operationalize
their ideology or to be clear from whom all things come.
Kark Marx wrote, “From each
according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
‘Ability’ is more capability
because some have ability but are not capable. By that, I mean that their own needs
exceed their capabilities. For instance, you would not starve your own children
to nourish the children of others. Some pragmatism is required!
Then the concept of ‘need’ must
be examined. Needs are “a lack of the means of subsistence”
(It should be obvious that the
innocents are those that have the greatest needs. Those who are able should
provide for and protect those who are not capable of doing so themselves. With
that said, Marxists should be pro-life, but unfortunately, they are in
denial; the unborn are not things but humans in great need who depend on others
for their livelihoods.) Marxists do not live up to their own standards.
Or perhaps Marx selected his own
definition of needs, “a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful” (ibid).
It is useful to spend the money that others made. As such, one person is
taxed because another finds their money useful, without regard that it just
might be useful to the person who earned it!
Requisites are things
required. The most obvious is taxation. Marxism taxes one person for the
obligation of another. They call it ‘leveling the playing field’ but mandates
are not a game but are dictatorial.
The worst idea of ‘needs’ are the
desirables. Nobody has a right to whatever they desire unless they can
pay for those things themselves.
Desirables are things that
come at a cost that are beyond needs. In this age, people desire recognition.
For instance, for men who desire to be women, they expect those around them to
recognize them as women. Those of us with the ability to see men and men only,
are expected to protect and nourish those who desire to be what they are not.
That is where the modern ideology of ‘wokeness’ comes. Marx would have those
with abilities to accept as truthful the desires of others; even to cater to
those with costly fantasies. For instance, If I desired to be called a ‘star,’
Marxism would promote me as a star even though this star has no talent!
Surely Marx meant well, but
failed to think how far the door would be opened after it was unlocked. Maybe
he failed to realize that so many would have so many insane needs that the sane
would have to provide for their delusions of grandeur. (Galina Vishnevskaya
called it “their insane ideology.”)
As a result, force is required to induce
those with abilities to provide for those with desires; hence, the ideology of
Marx — communism. It is not a fraternal nor communal organization at
all, but an ‘Utopia’ for some and a ‘Hell’ for others, making the dictator the ‘Devil’
himself. Unfortunately, the Utopian Paradise of Marx has no God and each with many
desires, they have become their own gods with those with abilities required to
appease those false ‘gods.’
Communism requires no God in
their ‘Paradise’ because those with excessive desires become the ‘gods.’
Existence always comes in
pairs… for every particle their must be an antiparticle and for every god there
must be an ‘antigod.’ The devil, Satan, is the Antigod of Marx, but to have
that, the true God is eliminated from Marxism as if He never existed!
That well-meaning ideology, in
practice, turned out to be abused so intensely that mankind has created his own
prison. It has no walls but the angry ‘cherubim’ that guard freedom (Gen 3:27)
are government bureaucrats.
Any ideology without God within
it turns sour. It takes a real God for righteous things to be done for the good
of mankind.
Communists think they are doing good and that others are evil. That notion does agree with the Word of Jesus who said:
For I was hungry, and
you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I
was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not
clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ (Mat 25:42:43)
Marx wanted to do those things,
but not to satisfy any God, let alone Jesus! He wanted to do those things to his
credit, not to represent God, and indeed he made a name for himself. Now,
people are expected to glorify Marxism as if he was really the God. To be
truthful, when God is removed from charity, it makes the dictators the gods.
That has been the case since Roman times and even before. (Everybody should
spit on the ground every time the word ‘Marx’ or ‘socialism’ are said.)
By now, you may have forgotten
the key verse. Now it is repeated because it is so often forgotten, “And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.”
Those who fail to provide necessities
for others shall “go away” somewhere. When is not mentioned but the place
implies the time: into everlasting punishment.
Punishment will not be in this
life nor in this world. Jesus explained going away when He shared the
parable, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared
for the devil and his angels” (v. 41). That is the “punishment” in the key
verse. Hell is the place of eternal fire. If you fail to help others to serve
Jesus, then by omission of righteousness, Hell is the place for you for eternity.
Eternity begins when time becomes meaningless, and that is at death. You will not get your hands slapped this instant; you may even live a long life, but the ‘Big Slap’ occurs when the soul leaves the body, to wit:
He (Jesus) will
separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. (v. 32)
The rich ruler of scripture (Luke
18) had done all things that were good to his fellow men but had done nothing
for God. Doing things for good is merely humanitarian, but doing so as if it
was doing it for the sake of Jesus is Christianity. The rich ruler had the ability
and those to whom good deeds were done were the needy. He was humanitarian,
but not for Christ; he was a Marxist and his government was socialist.
Socialism, in a manner, cleans up
the concept of Communism. Communism is meant to be communal and for the good of
each other. However, because all men are sinners, each have their own desires
and will use whoever to obtain them That is communism in practice; it causes
each to turn against the other.
Marx may be laughing at our
gullibility from the grave if he was not in Hell, wherein nobody there knows
your name and nobody cares to! Jesus judged Marx to the left and there is a
place for him there — a place of severe punishment. Ironically, Marx’s “Utopia’
is in Hell where there is no water, no satisfaction, and no needs met. That is
the true Utopia of Marx!
Those who go to the right with
Jesus go the other direction; “the righteous into life eternal.”
To be factual, there is an eternity
without regard to which way they go. Those who go to the left, go into eternal
punishment and those who go to the right with Jesus, into life eternal.
Eternity is the sum of all
existence. It is divided into two parts just as all things in existence are
divided. Eternity is divided into Hell and Paradise, both in heaven, but with a
“great gulf’ (or chasm) in between (Luke 16:26). There is no communication
between the two. Therein is no empathy because no longer will there be any with
needs in Paradise, but everyone with needs in Hell, never to be satisfied.
Many give to be seen and to make
a name for themselves. Those are Marxist socialists. Others give to reveal the
Name of God who provides all things; that Name is Jesus.
We can all do the same things,
but for whom it glorifies makes the difference in our eternal homes.
We cannot allow the government to
be charitable for us because taxation is repressive; we must give to glorify
God and that is expressive of in whom we trust.
Communism and Christianity are doing much the same things for different reason. Don't be fooled by political deception.
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