tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017668.post5274861560446359347..comments2023-09-06T04:13:26.083-07:00Comments on untethered: In the EventDennis Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233729780363740881noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16017668.post-31824761429781333292018-07-14T22:20:16.710-07:002018-07-14T22:20:16.710-07:00I work in tech and the other thing tech workers wa...I work in tech and the other thing tech workers want to do is "change the world." I often ask, "..but for the better?" A lot of them are shocked by the question. <br /><br />These billionaires are mentioned several places in the Bible. Luke 16:19-31:<br /> <br />19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.<br /><br />22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’<br /><br />25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’<br /><br />27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’<br /><br />29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’<br /><br />30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’<br /><br />31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced <b>even if someone rises from the dead.</b>’”<br /><br />Luke 12<br />" 16 And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive. 17 And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night [i]your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’ 21 So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”"><br /><br />Psalm 10, Psalm 73, etc, etc.<br /><br />These guys usually wasted their lives in pursuit of wealth working long hours. Then they have it and want to protect it. However, they're soft men who can't inspire loyalty in the way of the kings of old who knew how to fight. Even if they're able to pay their guards in gold, why wouldn't the guards just kill them and take it?PRCDnoreply@blogger.com