Jesus

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ut the latter is the most necessary. The man that asked Jesus about his inheritance interrupts him as He is speaking about Divine Providence. It was obvious that he had not been paying attention and did not respect anything that was not to his benefit. He was clearly the younger bother disgruntled at the Jewish law that provided two-thirds of the inheritance for the eldest and split the rest of the estate equally among the rest of the family (Lightfoot 77).
Jesus responded to the young man as he always helped other, by working inward to outward. With the parable, Lightfoot embodies five reasons the young man was a fool. First of all he forgot others. He was only worried about keeping his wealth and how to keep it all for himself. Second he was only worried about material possessions, he did could not distinguish between what a man has and what a man is. Third, he forgot that real happiness comes from God’s love and forgiveness. Fourth, he forgot about death. The rich young man was so wrapped up in life on earth that he forgot that t...