Jesus Calls the Twelve

The first curious thing I would like to point out is that the genealogy of Jesus as given by Matthew differs from that of Luke. I'm going to use the same format I used for the Pauline writings and in some cases I'll merely point out flawed text. In these cases it should be clear to you how they fit the Pauline mantra. Now let us continue with my series about Jesus and Paul. Notice carefully the differences in these four accounts of how the calling of the apostles began.

MT 4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. [19] "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." [20] At once they left their nets and followed him.

MT 4:21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, [22] and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

MK 1:14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. [15] "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"

MK 1:16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. [17] "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." [18] At once they left their nets and followed him.

MK 1:19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. [20] Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

LK 5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down* the nets for a catch."

LK 5:5 Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."

LK 5:6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. [7] So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

LK 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" [9] For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, [10] and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." [11] So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

JN 1:35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. [36] When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

JN 1:37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. [38] Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

JN 1:39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see."
So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.

JN 1:40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. [41] The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). [42] And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter*).

The Gospel of John is probably the most accurate even though however it did not escape the rewritings of the Paulines. I will provide more as this series continues.

The Messian Utopian Economy Outline

So let me tell you some rudimentary facts about the City economy. If you check the archives of my blogs you'll see that I've written about how money cannot survive technology. Because of the counterfeiting and identity theft and what not that will only continue to get worse as technology progresses into the future.

Man must learn to adapt his society to function without money of any kind. This is Messian Utopianism. This will be the economy of the City project however I am a realist. Money will always be present outside of the city. The outside will cling to money for dear life and when the reality sets in they will use gold. The City will rid itself of all money so technology can flow freely while on the other hand the outside will turn to totalitarianism to suppress further technological development so as to preserve the existence of money. After all Jesus did say you can't take it with you didn't he.

The City economy will not be centrally planed at least not any more than it has to be. When you come to the city you will have to find a work function and apply yourself to it. If you don't you can be thrown out. You must identify something that people want or need then provide it by giving it to them. Just think of the goods you produce as the money. Everyone must produce something and provide it to all who want it without the exchange of any money and without exception.

Just think of the city as a big bee hive. You produce your part of the needs of the city and how you are paid is by having access to what the city produces. It will be the same for everyone. Or for another example this is why this project is called a company. Corporations exchange goods between divisions all the time. They may note the books but their is never any actual exchange of money.

Since how their will be no money in the City then it cannot be used for incentive for greater achievement. Housing will be used for this function instead.

So just how could such an economy work? Well the first thing you must do is believe in it. The participants of any kind of economy must believe in it or it will never work. Take money itself. It is worthless pieces of paper yet it has value because you believe it does. It will be the same for this economy. Improving technology will make counterfeiting impossible to control. We have no choice but to make it work.