“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat....”
That’s a biblical principle....
I heard about 20 or 30 years ago that if every Church in America took in a homeless person or family they would be it would not be a homeless problem in this country. It’s getting them into the church that’s the issue. And then.... over the 30-year. That has transpired between when I first heard that comment and today I don’t know if there are really that many functioning churches left.
Being poor was a fact of life back when Jesus walked the earth. And so was totalitarianism and so was Hunger, disease, homelessness, widows, orphans, downtrodden... things really haven’t changed all that much. Except The Word Remains the Same. I don’t think the intended was to bring about the perception that there is a magic wand yielding entity. He asked that people look towards God and develop a relationship with the Lord that they might be rewarded after this time on Earth amongst the corrupted creation.
Of course there is much much much more than that but are we really intended to have a governmental standard of income?