Bible Luke's heaven sounds a lot like North Korea where you can also never be perfect enough either to enter into or out of, without the mercy of of Kim Jong Un.
The 20th Chapter of Luke: The authority of Jesus challenged - The chief priests, scribes, and elders challenged Yeshua to tell them by whose authority he drove out the people who were selling in the Temple. The Messiah responded by saying he would be happy to answer their question (to paraphrase his response) once they told him who gave John the Baptizer the authority to perform baptisms. This ended the matter because the leaders claimed they didn't know in order to avoid either admitting that they refused to believe a prophet of God, or being stoned to death by the people for denying that John was a prophet of God. The rest of the subheadings, for the most part, enable me to recall the details that follow, negating any need for me to delineate them here. The parable of the wicked vine dressers Is it lawful to pay taxes? What about the resurrection? How can David call his descendent Lord? Beware of the Scribes
The authority of Jesus challenged Bible: obey your mother and father . Jesus disobeys his mother and father. Bible: honor your mother and father. Jesus says to be a disciple you must hate your mother and father Bible: peace on Earth Jesus says he doesn't bring peace but a sword. Bible: love thy neighbor Jesus attacks temple servants using violence against them Bible: turn the other cheek Jesus demands those who would not have him reign over them to be slain Bible: forgive your enemies. Jesus condemns his enemies to eternal torture Bible: don't be a hypocrite The Bible actually shows how Jesus is really a two faced, immoral, hypocritical, violent character hiding behind good to be evil.
%% Tough question, because in Israel, like US,USa, TEA Party , CPA's did not want to pay a penny more in taxes, than they owed.And the tax collectors were crooked+ hated in Israel. So it was really a trick question ; should we pay taxes?? LOL The best translations like KJV, Jesus Christ says bring me a penny; he did not want to use his own coins.Webster's Translation says ''bring me a penny'' American King James Version says bring me a penny.Of course we need to try to follow IRS guidelines; last time i checked, they dont want a penny, but i have not read all the current regs,LOL State gov tax;they most likely have read that+ tax in pennys ,% .State of TN tax stamps $00 .10 or penny tax on box ammo. Have to pay that And Dr Pat Robertson's dad, Senator Robertson put a somewhat hidden tax of 10% on top of ammo, guns.Pittman- Robertson they call it.
http://scottberry.blogspot.com/2015/01/render-to-caesar-whose-image-are-you.html Jesus replied, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”. The man walked away, thwarted by Jesus’ answer, but he missed the greater point. He should have asked another question. The man should have asked, “What belongs to God?” Then he hears: “What image is on you?” Let that sink in for a minute. The Bible says that humanity is created in the image of God. The Roman coin is stamped with the image of its owner—Caesar. The human life is stamped with the image of it’s creator and owner—the Lord God. So, give to God what is His—your life. That is the greatest calling, responsibility, and purpose of your life—to render to God that which is His—you! ~Ravi Zacharias
%% Good points i listen to him. BUT NO WAY does the roman gov or any gov own my money; they simply mint it/print it.Besides God only asks for tithe[10%] + love offering. God never tried to rip off TEA Party like IRS did-pay day some day.,,,,
Tell that to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and all the other liberal socialist democrats who think they can tax (i.e., steal under threat of imprisonment) as much of your money as the want.
Then God as well as everything else, would also be a tax collector like Cesar and a liberal socialist democrat like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. For according to you, they are in God's image. You religious eccentrics never think these things through do you.
While there's little doubt the US healthcare and income tax systems are defective in the extreme, while the immigration regime is a muddle, the answer to these issues is not Socialism.