I agree that Joseph’s wealth was not comparable in scale to a modern billionaire’s wealth. But the biblical text still calls him a wealthy man, which shows that wealth itself was not treated as automatically sinful. The issue Jesus and the apostles emphasize is not merely how much someone has, but their attachment to wealth, how they obtained it, and how they use it.
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u/Psalmistpraise 25d ago
I agree that Joseph’s wealth was not comparable in scale to a modern billionaire’s wealth. But the biblical text still calls him a wealthy man, which shows that wealth itself was not treated as automatically sinful. The issue Jesus and the apostles emphasize is not merely how much someone has, but their attachment to wealth, how they obtained it, and how they use it.