We may winner and suppose at what is meant by “a feast of fat things.” Some will argue that this is spiritual, blessings if gospel knowledge to those who are or on spirit and humble, ready to receive. That is surely one accurate interpretation but i don’t believe it is the only one. I believe the fear of fat things is also temporal. A feast of fat things temporally doesn’t mean excessive but rather sufficiently nourishing—a collection and distribution of material goods sufficient in quality and quantity to allow the poor to thrive and progress regardless of the root source of their poverty whether it be misfortune, mistakes, or simply a disadvantaged beginning. While the church should take care of our among their members first they should seek the what’re of the poor among all of God’s children insofar as they have means to do so.
I also appreciate in this chapter the admonitions to repent which show that from the earliest days of the church there were those who had to overcome tendencies to seek the praise of men or to climb the ladders of authority and influence within the church.
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