This is a response to Lauren Feeney's post about the parable of the camel entering through the eye of a needle (not a sewing needle, but a small door- a task still quite difficult)
http://feeney05.blogspot.com/
I think it could also be considered on a symbolic level. Your soul must be pure and free of any distractions in order to enter the Kingdom.
Jesus accepted all kinds; he accepted the poor and the tax collectors, and I'm sure he would accept the higher class as well.
We came into this world with nothing, and we will leave the same. No earthly possessions are needed in the Kingdom, and they would probably slow us down anyway.
Fair enough. Remember, however, that Jesus was emphatically not speaking of a "kingdom of God" after death, but a present state, a community in which we all relate to each other according to the principles of divine justice. And to be a part of this community, a wealthy person will have to shed not only the trappings and luxuries of wealth, but the attitudes and habits of entitlement and privilege as well.
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