Should I be poor to be in G-d's kingdom? ~ Cross reference of Mark 10:17 to Exodus 20:12
Though the Greek text has Matthew as the first of the four gospels. scholars believe that mark was first and almost 97% of Mark is adopted by Matthew. You can find this event documented in Matthew & Luke as well. You can read the post where I covered my thoughts that John the dipper, Jesus, Jesus's disciples, Paul all thought that the end of days was near. After Jesus died and "rose from the grave", the same belief continued, but now they were waiting for Jesus to return in the clouds with his angels to redeem Israel. In this post I will focus on what Jesus said " It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. " I am sure this was a hyperbole to lay emphasis on the listeners that it is very difficult for a rich man to enter G-d's kingdom. Found a couple of images in Google where they say this is the needle gate that Jesus was referring to. Did not find any research documents that con...