Regarding Poverty

Regarding Poverty:

People keep asking who I am. Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that I know of what I speak. For years (for decades even), I was one of the poor (physically poor, spiritually poor, financially poor) who stood on the outside looking in. I know what it is like to be in that position. I know some of the thoughts that go through your mind when you are in that position. I know what you think about the Brethren, the wealthy, the privileged, and the healthy.

It makes me laugh whenever someone tries to paint poverty as some kind of virtue. The physically poor (unhealthy) are some of the most miserable people on this earth. There's no virtue there. The spiritually poor (apostates) are some of the most angry, hateful, vindictive, vengeful people on this earth. There's no virtue there. The financially poor (penniless) are some of the most jealous, frustrated, cynical, critical people on this earth. There's no virtue there. Poverty is not a virtue. You can only lift people to the level that you have already attained. Poverty is hell, the exact opposite of the Celestial Kingdom. The Celestial Kingdom is life, and life more abundantly.

Then people jump up and down and say, “But, Jesus was poor. I know He was poor; and, He was the best one of us all. There has got to be something to it if Jesus was doing it.” Oh, you silly people. Think!!

Let's start with physical poverty. When it came to Jesus and His physical health, He was a thousand times stronger and a million times more durable than any one of us. Why? Jesus was the son of an immortal indestructible God. Jesus Christ was NOT subject to the fall. Jesus Christ was NOT a fallen being like the rest of us. Jesus was NOT subject to death and sin like the rest of us. In many respects, Jesus was like a Terrestrial translated being, when it came to His powers and abilities and health. Jesus could have walked down from the cross healing Himself in real time as He went, if He chose to do so. Physical poverty? Nothing of the sort. Jesus was able to take the whole weight of the universe's sins and death on His shoulders and carry the whole load, and survive to tell about it. I see no poverty there.

How about spiritual poverty? Again, Jesus Christ was NOT a fallen being and was not subject to the Fall. Jesus therefore was not subject to sin and death like the rest of us are. Mortality and death in many respects is the ultimate sin or the ultimate failure. We simply fail and die. We do not have the spiritual wherewithal to sustain ourselves. Jesus walked and talked with God the Father, because there was no barrier between them. Jesus was the pinnacle of spiritual attainment and spiritual enlightenment on this earth. Jesus raised Himself from the dead – the greatest spiritual achievement. So, was Jesus spiritually poor? Nope. The exact opposite! Jesus was a wealth of spirituality.

Now, everyone is complaining and saying, “But, Jesus was financially poor and had no stocks, bonds, corporations, or governments to His name. We have to do the same and be the same if we want to be like Jesus.” Oh, you silly people. Stop and think about!!

Jesus Christ is the rightful heir to the whole earth. When it comes time for God the Father to sign over the deed for the whole earth, Jesus Christ's name is going to be the name on the Title. Jesus is going to own the whole thing – lock, stock, and barrel. Jesus knew that it would be so, even while Jesus lived here on this earth. Jesus is the LORD of Lords and the KING of Kings. The buck stops there.

One day, every corporation on this earth will belong to Jesus. In fact, they already do. Every building and plant on this earth will belong to Jesus. In fact, they already do. Even now, every particle and every atom in your body belongs to Jesus because He bought and paid for it all with His own blood. Your very breath belongs to Jesus. Your very soul belongs to Jesus, because He bought and paid for it with His own blood. Jesus is the designated heir to it all; and, Jesus has already paid the price. All that is left is for Him to come and take ownership in person, when He is ready to do so.

The nice thing is that Jesus apparently likes to share; but, it is all His now. He has bought and paid for it all and redeemed it all with His own blood. Every corporation, inside and outside of the LDS Church already belongs to Christ, whether they know it or not. Every building and resource on this planet already belongs to Christ, whether we accept that fact or not. It is His to do with as He pleases. Every particle and atom is His.

Jesus is poor? Come on people! Think! Second to only God the Father, Jesus Christ is the wealthiest being in the whole universe. There is no vow of poverty there where Jesus Christ is concerned. He owns the whole thing, including your very soul. Jesus is a God, and you are His, whether you believe in Him or not. Jesus owns you; and, He can do with you as He pleases. Jesus is the template and exemplar for a saved and exalted being – infinite wealth, infinite glory, infinite power, and infinite ownership. Thankfully, Jesus has already demonstrated an infinite gift for love and mercy, and He seems to like to share; otherwise, we would all be in deep trouble.