According to various reports he was quiet, reclusive, twice-married and divorced (yet had a long-time girlfriend), traveled a lot, loved to gamble, had no known political or religious affiliation was very intelligent and....had lots of money. I would say he was rich, but that depends on your definition of the word.
Last month, just 4 days before Paddock went on his murderous rampage, an American icon died: Hugh Hefner. Hefner, the creator of Playboy magazine and builder of arguably the largest, most influential sex empire in the world has been quoted as saying, "The major civilizing force in the world is not religion; it is sex."1 Pornography has wrecked millions and millions of lives....very "civilizing", yes? Mr. Hefner was a major contributor.
Again, a man with more money than he could ever spend, but ... rich?
It is pretty safe to say that neither of these men knew and followed Jesus Christ which, according to Proverbs 16:16 and other scriptures made them neither wise nor rich. Both were sin-sick souls.
How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver.
Proverbs 16:16
Better to have little, with fear of the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.
Proverbs 15:16
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57:20
Oh people....the most valuable things in this world cannot be bought (Acts 8:20). They must be given freely.
- Eternal Salvation
- True Love
- Peace
- Joy
And, all of these are rooted in Jesus Christ! They can be found in no other person, place or thing. Once a person has embraced Jesus and begun to follow Him, that person possesses riches that no earthly currency can obtain or provide. And, following Him, walking by faith ... oh my! It only gets better, richer, deeper. That relationship forms the foundation for all other earthly riches.
Listening to the "analyzers" and the "hindsight quarterbacks" on TV, no one pegs the Vegas shooter. No one "gets it", because they refuse to acknowledge the Bible, which describes him to a tee. That poor-in-spirit man lived a worthless life, as we read in 1 Samuel 2:12 that all people do, who do not know the Lord. As a result, his soul will continue on forever, separated from God in utter agony (Luke 16:24).
As Christians, should we be glad for this? No, we should be sorrowful, that both these men rejected the gospel of life, of Jesus, or perhaps that they somehow never heard it. Our hearts should be broken that, out of their soul's poverty, they was used by Satan the destroyer to wreak sin's destruction on themselves and on so many others. Finally, we should be praying earnestly over our country, for those touched by such evil and especially that God would send a mighty Holy Spirit-led revival in our land.
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1 https://www.google.com/search?q=hugh+hefner&oq=Hugh+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.2692j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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