Every reference to the word "possess" from Genesis until Job is the Hebrew word...yarash meanming to occupy by driving out, to seize. Beginning in Job there are a few instances where the original word is alah...meaning curse. The other word is nachal...talks more about an inheritance.

This has nothing to do with a new Eden.

No where are we told to be friends with the world. In fact, we supposed to be in the world...not of it. Otherwise, we are no diferent and nothing matters.

The people were punished for not trusting God and for not being obedient.


There is nothing worng with money, it's how we use it. When we make money, jobs, possessions, etc more imprtant than God then it is idolotry.