From: "Mark Hessey" 

Perhaps the problem started at the end of the very first 6 years, if the
abundant crop to carry you through the 7th year (which would actually have
to last almost 2 years until harvest time in the 8th) didn't materialize.

The point in Matthew 20 is that he didn't just hand over $20 to idle men,
he offered them compensation if they would do for themselves - those that
sat and waited for a handout even after his offer of work went hungry.

Mark

Richard Hong  wrote in message
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| >> What does that have to with leaving your entire spread vacant for a
year
| every 7 years?
|
| Mark,
|
| Actually, the land wasn't vacant.  You ate of the crops that grew wild. You
| simply didn't tax the land by farming it actively in a Sabbath year. |
|
| >> Did anyone ever do it? <<
|
| There is no historical evidence that they did.  But that's not the point.
| My whole argument in this thread is that economic injustice is due to |
disobedience to God.  You raised questions about whether we should give
back
| our gains periodically; I cited Lev 25 to demonstrate that in fact this
is | exactly what God instructed us to do.  That we didn't do it only
bolsters my
| argument that economic injustice is a condition created by man out of |
rebellion against God's laws.
|
| Rich
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