I’m having a grand old time reading through Chronicles “for the first time.” One of the major themes is that the people should obey the law of Moses. And another theme running throughout the book is that when the people obey, they rejoice. But I didn’t see this one coming:
2 Chronicles 24:9-10 (ESV) “And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.”
I don’t remember why, but yesterday I was actually wondering if we would pay taxes in heaven. I concluded “no.” Now I will revise my conclusion: if we pay taxes in heaven, we will do so joyfully (that is, with true joy; I mean, we ‘ll really be happy about it).
This makes sense when we recognize that our attitude toward taxes is often due to our attitude about who gets the tax and how they use it.
But imagine this: imagine living under a perfectly wise ruler, who knows all of the kingdom’s needs, uses the resources with 100% efficiency, and has already proven in the most astonishing way that he would give up that which is dearest to him for your joy. How much of your income would you be willing to pay in taxes to that ruler? And how would you feel about it?
Heaven will definitely not be run by a Democrat. It will be a joy to pay only 10% there (if tithing is still the norm, which won’t surprise me) instead of about 40% here. God has a flat tax that’s fair for everyone.
Another big difference in contrast to Democrats is that God takes from the middle class & gives to the rich (Matthew 25:28).
This is an awesome thought! It’s sad that this ruler would lose the popular vote today. I’m glad He won’t wait for an election to take the job.