Which is why Jesus preached for personal charity. His goal was not to end poverty...that would be but a pleasant side effect if it occurred. Rather, his goal was to move all closer to God.
If he merely wanted to end poverty, he would have come as the emperor, and just made it so...or altered the laws of physics to make it so. Instead, he seemed to want a piece of voluntary choice in the process.
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