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Farmer-Rick

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11. I actually heard a Christian historian break down the prayer

Wed Dec 22, 2021, 09:59 AM

Dec 2021

He said the prayer is misinterpreted. It was meant as an actual goal for the early Christians. A goal they would chant at their meetings.

1. The early Christians wanted to create a heaven here on earth, Not wait until they died. Thy kingdom come.....on earth as it is in heaven. Yeah, they wanted a heaven here on earth.

2. They expected this heaven on earth to include free food or bread and that no one would have any debt or owe a rich man. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors. Yes, it was real debt they wanted to do away with. It was not about people trespassing against each other. All debt would be wiped out when Christians developed this heaven on earth.

How very socialist of them.

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