“And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?”
King James Version (KJV)
Kerry Campbell's comment on 2013-04-03 14:57:54:
This is not merely about taxes and duties to civil society, no it goes far deeper.
What he was saying concerned intrinsic values and justice. Who, (at least on an earthly level) makes the system of value intrinsic to coinage work? Whom makes it possible? The one whose image is stamped on the coin- he gives the value- he validates this otherwise relatively worthless piece of metal the value which is accorded to it. Without which it really is just a valueless conglomeration of refined terrestrial stardust. Caesar gave the value to it- therefore render what is just and true to Caesar as the legitimating power of it, the one from whom, and through whom it derives its value.
Now ask yourself where your value comes from? Ask yourself why humanity should have intrinsic value, and why that sleeeping infant is of infinite value?
Whose image do you bear?
Whose image do you bear?
Why is human life sacred? Because we bear the image of our maker.