Don't rob a poor person because he is poor, 

and don"t crush the oppressed at the city gate, 

for the Lord will champion their cause and will plunder those who plunder them.

Proverbs 22:22-23 CSB

When this proverb talks about the poor who comes to mind?

When it mentions the oppressed who pops up?

Who are those stuck at the city gate who can't get in and be part of society?

The very fact that I can think that I'm "in the city" and that there are poor relative to me, that there are those in the margins relative to me, shows me that at least in some ways, in some areas of life, I am privileged.

And it can be so fleeting. Status, health, wealth, whatever it is that gives me that privilege can go so easily.

Jesus came to usher in a new kingdom, an upside down kingdom where the things that separate us are removed, demolished. 

Where love rules.

Love for God, and love for those around us. 

Where oppressive systems are flipped.

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