Full context is even better, no forcing, just demonizing those who won't willingly give their share in ways to The LORD:
14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Yes... There are multiple meanings in each verse and passage, all tying to the overall golden theme that keeps running through the Bible.
The full context that you shows illustrates the fact that our physical bodies, and our physical surroundings, are illusions to our real selves... Our spirits. When God told Adam that he came from dust, and that he would return to dust, he was telling this to Adam. In both instances, what matters most is what we do for each other under God's version of what is right and wrong.
People will try to build a name for themselves, and accumulate material wealth for selfish purposes, but this is going to be meaningless on the other side. What matters is doing what Jesus wanted us to do... We accumulate "heaven points" this way. Those won't be taken from us, contrary to the risk that our earthly possessions face.
When we pass on, our material possessions might as well be something we dreamed about the previous night.
Full context is even better, no forcing, just demonizing those who won't willingly give their share in ways to The LORD:
14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’ 20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Yes... There are multiple meanings in each verse and passage, all tying to the overall golden theme that keeps running through the Bible.
The full context that you shows illustrates the fact that our physical bodies, and our physical surroundings, are illusions to our real selves... Our spirits. When God told Adam that he came from dust, and that he would return to dust, he was telling this to Adam. In both instances, what matters most is what we do for each other under God's version of what is right and wrong.
People will try to build a name for themselves, and accumulate material wealth for selfish purposes, but this is going to be meaningless on the other side. What matters is doing what Jesus wanted us to do... We accumulate "heaven points" this way. Those won't be taken from us, contrary to the risk that our earthly possessions face.
When we pass on, our material possessions might as well be something we dreamed about the previous night.