diff --git a/Gloss/Matthew/Matthew 25.md b/Gloss/Matthew/Matthew 25.md index 0db7104..2bc11e2 100644 --- a/Gloss/Matthew/Matthew 25.md +++ b/Gloss/Matthew/Matthew 25.md @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Partial Rapture: Lot is a type of the remnant/Church whereas he _had_ to be remo 14-30) Talents were highly valuable coinage even the single talent was not trivial he gave talents based on ability/skill. + + A talent was around 100lb...which equates to nearly a lifetime of wages for the average person. + None of these servants ran off with the money. + Even the "lesser" servant was given a lifetime's worth of wealth. + + Talents, in the ephemeral sense, are more than gifts: they are all the good things with which God imbued us- the essence of who we are. + We should all carry 100% of the weight given to us. The master does not micromanage the servants: he leaves and expects the servants to work well.