The Jews had long believed in what we now call “prosperity theology”. Their concept did not make God into some kind of deified vending machine. They just thought that wealth meant being blessed of God and poverty meant being cursed. There did not seem to be any set cause of this condition it was more or less God’s random pick. They did not have TV Evangelist they could plant a seed with, (write a check), and somehow force God to pay off. The evidence of God’s pleasure was land, cattle, camels and sons. Daughters, not so much.

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