While God is the creator of the earth and of all things visible and invisible, He is not the direct disburser of wealth. Rather, it is God who gives His children the power, or ability and gifting, to produce wealth. It is through these divinely chartered means that covenantal dominion is effected in the earth. For the remainder of this article I will focus my attention on the biblical idea of inheritance, leaving the concepts of work and investment for another time. I believe our attitude toward inheritance is foundational in forming a right and biblical view of economics in general.
Nothing is more despised by American society at large than the concept of inheritance.
Class envy has allowed statist, socialistic elitists in our bloated federal and state bureaucracies to attack inheritance through tyrannical estate taxes, which in some cases are so oppressive that the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next is nearly impossible. It is imperative that the church understand that any attack upon inheritance is an attack upon the future. Specifically, the establishment and future dominance of Christ's Crown and Covenant in the earth. Once the concept of covenantal inheritance is understood it becomes apparent why the statist left wants to undermine its power. As we will see, a godly, covenanted people are a direct threat to any pagan power structure.