But the treasures of Heaven, because they are in Heaven, are not even the same kind of treasures. In that case, oh, I get it, the gold here can be stolen, but the gold in Heaven, though the same kind of gold, is in a more special safe where it can’t be stolen. Now, if we don’t get into what that is, we might think that there are simply the same kinds of treasures as here on earth, just sitting up in Heaven. See, in the passage, Jesus refers to treasures in heaven. Rather, store up this other stuff, this Heaven stuff. Gold, fine clothes, luxurious consumption, any of it. The first part of the passage is the most plain and obvious: Do not put your focus on things that are materially valuable. And while it is as true as can be, how we often see and interpret it sometimes misses the very point it makes. In one of the most oft-repeated memory verses, we are told not to be obsessed with earthly treasure, but heavenly treasure instead. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
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