Davar Kingdom Of God

Today, people work and labor for various needs—food, clothes, housing, educations, etc. They have no doubts about this lifestyle, and even think it is a great virtue to work for living. Yes, they are right in a sense: the Bible urges Christians to work diligently and earn the bread they eat (Eph 4:28, 1 Thess 4:11-12, 2 Thess 3:10-12). However, it should be remembered that the lifestyle of working for our needs is a result of our sin according to the Bible. To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, `You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return (Gen 3:17-19)." This is how destruction came to our world. We work and eat our