In the distant land, we have to work off our debts to get into the kingdom. In the distant land, the rules say that we have to earn our way into the kingdom. Survival of the fittest. Everyone for him or herself. It's dog eat dog out here.
Community is lost for the sake of the individual.
We don't move about much as community anymore. We don't move about like the Israelites in the Old Testament lesson. They entered the land as one people. When they had started out for the land, they shared everything and God provided them with manna as long as they needed it. At Gilgal, they finally ate of the produce of the land.