"TAXED!!!"

Luke 2:1-7                      (1599 Geneva Bible)
"1 And it came to pass in those days, that there came a decree from Augustus Caesar, that all the world should be TAXED.
2 (This first taxing was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3 Therefore went all to be TAXED, every man to his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of a city called Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David,)
5 To be TAXED with Mary that was given him to wife, which was with child.
6 And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her first begotten son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a cratch, because there was no room for them in the inn."


Most of us don't have a lot of fondness in our heart for April 15, for that is the day we must be "TAXED"!  We are afforded the opportunity to contribute to one of the greatest economies mankind has witnessed.  I feel as though loads of money is spent by our government with poor judgement, but that is a subject for another blog.

I am of the belief that GOD does nothing by coincidence.  The fact that Joseph and Mary were going to Bethlehem to be "TAXED" surely has some significance. Having the people "TAXED" gives governments the opportunity to spend the peoples money on things the people need.  But governments start believing that they hold too much control over providing what people need.   They (governments) try to assist when GOD may be trying to teach a lesson.

In 1 Chronicles 21, King David numbers Israel against GOD's desire. GOD punished the whole nation of Israel because King David was trying to be more than GOD intended for him to be.  GOD came to earth as JESUS CHRIST when the Romans were trying to be more than HE intended for them to be.  HE is going to return soon, as mankind is leaning toward believing they control their own fate.

No government, no man, no other god can compare to THE LORD!  Isaiah 45:4b-5 says "I will even call thee by thy name, and name thee, though thou hast not known me. I AM THE  LORD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER; there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me."  The people can be "TAXED" by governments all they want, but THERE IS ONLY ONE LORD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER!!