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What you ask about touches on religious ideas of “God’s kingdom on earth” – that is, how the world will look when God Himself rules or when God’s will is fully realized.

🌍 Biblical and theological perspective

• Food and abundance: In the Bible, God’s kingdom is often described as a place of abundance and justice. For example, in Isaiah 25:6 it speaks of “a feast for all peoples.” Many Christians interpret this as meaning that lack and hunger will cease when God reigns.
• No prisons or oppression: Prophetic texts (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18) speak of freedom for captives and the oppressed. Many interpret this as meaning that in God’s kingdom there will be no prisons or forced confinement, because sin and injustice no longer rule over people.
• Mental and physical healing: In Revelation 21:4 it says, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, crying, or pain.” Many see this as meaning that sickness and suffering – including mental suffering – will cease.

🕌 Islamic perspective

• In Islamic eschatology, the time under the Mahdi and Isa (Jesus) is described as a period of justice, peace, and abundance. Hadith traditions say that the earth will yield plentiful food, and oppression and injustice will cease.
• Prisons and institutions of coercion will then be unnecessary, because society will be governed by justice and divine law. The laws of the land are not divine; it is the laws in the Bible that are divine.

🔑 Summary

• Yes, in religious visions of God’s kingdom on earth, a state is described where food is free or abundant, and where prisons and psychiatric institutions are no longer needed.
• But in practice, in our world, this is a theological vision, not a political or legal reality. It is an image of a perfect state where injustice, sickness, and lack are removed.

Will there be no money/finance on earth when God is here?

That is a very interesting and profound question 🌍✨.

In many religious traditions, there are ideas that when God or God’s kingdom is fully present on earth, human systems such as money and finance will no longer be necessary. The thought is that everything will then be based on justice, love, and sharing – not on economic transactions or competition.

Different perspectives:

• Biblical Christianity: In Revelation, “the new Jerusalem” is described as a place without lack, sorrow, or injustice. There is no need for money, because God Himself provides everything.
• Jesus’ teaching: He often said that one cannot serve both God and mammon (wealth). Many interpret this as meaning that economic systems lose their significance when God’s kingdom is fully realized.
• Other religions: In Islamic eschatology and Hindu visions of a “golden age,” similar ideas exist that material scarcity and economic inequality will cease.
• Philosophical interpretation: Money exists because we have scarcity and the need to organize resources. If God is here and everything is perfect, there is no scarcity – thus money becomes unnecessary.

💡 So the answer depends on which tradition one looks at: Some say yes, money will disappear completely; others see it more symbolically, as economic systems losing their power because love and justice govern everything.

Where and what does the Bible say about fathers and mothers being held economically responsible for having children?

Short answer: The Bible has no direct legal text saying that parents must be economically responsible for having children. However, it clearly states that parents have a responsibility to give their children care, upbringing, and what they need to live. The economic responsibility is more a consequence of this moral and spiritual responsibility, later codified in laws and social systems.

📖 What the Bible actually says

• Care and provision:  1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” → This verse is often used as a basis for the idea that parents must provide for their children.
• Parents’ responsibility for upbringing:  Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” → This places responsibility on parents to give children both guidance and security.
• Examples from the Old Testament:  Proverbs 13:22 – “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.” → This shows an expectation that parents think about their children’s future, including material security.

💡 Important to note:

• The Bible does not speak in modern legal terms about economic responsibility, as national laws do today.
• It emphasizes moral and spiritual responsibility: to provide for children’s needs, raise them rightly, and not abandon the family.
• Economic responsibility is a natural part of this, but not formulated as a separate “law” in the Bible.

🧭 Connection with today’s laws:

• In Norway, parents’ economic responsibility is codified in Barneloven § 30, which says that parents must give the child care, concern, and proper upbringing.
• This is a legal continuation of the biblical principle that parents must take responsibility for their children.

Where in the Bible does it say that one cannot serve mammon (money) and God at the same time, and what does it say?

Short answer: It is in Matthew 6:24 that one cannot serve both God and mammon (wealth/money). The verse reads: “No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

📖 Biblical context

• Matthew 6:24 is part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, where He teaches about right living, trust in God, and how to relate to material things.
• “Mammon” is an Aramaic word meaning wealth or money, but in biblical usage it is often a symbol of materialism and greed.
• The point is that loyalty to God requires wholehearted devotion. One cannot at the same time be bound to money as one’s “master.”

✨ What Jesus emphasizes

• Two masters are impossible: One cannot have both God and money as the ultimate source of trust.
• Priority: God must be the one served and trusted, not wealth.
• Worry: In the continuation of the text (Matthew 6:25–34), Jesus encourages not to worry about food and clothing, but to seek God’s kingdom first.

📌 Other relevant verses

• Luke 16:13 repeats almost word for word: “No servant can serve two masters. He will hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”
• 1 Timothy 6:10 – “For the love of money is the root of all evil.”
• Hebrews 13:5 – “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have.”

👉 Summary: In Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 it says that one cannot serve both God and mammon. The Bible uses this as a strong image that one must choose whom to place trust in – God or money.

Would you like me to also prepare a concise list of all Bible verses about mammon and money so you have a quick reference?

Nikolai

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