{"id":61090,"date":"2023-12-08T10:20:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T02:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www4.hkbts.edu.hk\/?p=61090"},"modified":"2024-01-31T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:34:40","slug":"wealth-and-poverty-yahwehs-demand-for-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/en\/?p=61090\/","title":{"rendered":"Wealth and Poverty: Yahweh\u2019s Demand for the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"61090\" class=\"elementor elementor-61090\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b1568d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2b1568d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ab0a92b\" data-id=\"1ab0a92b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b41e7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29b41e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Wealth and Poverty: Yahweh&#039;s Demand for the Land<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: #235ba8;\"><b><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">CHAN Yew Ming<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 25px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ancient Israel received land from Yahweh who established a covenant with them. 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