Dying Rich

This model of a female servant dates back to the Eyptian Middle Kingdom (about 2055-1773 BC) and was excavated at Beni Hasan by the University of Liverpool, between 1902-1904.

People included models of servants in their tombs to look after them in the Afterlife. They thought that magic would bring the models to life, providing a cheap and convenient labour force. This woman has a food basket on her head and in her right hand carries two geese, to feed her master and his family for eternity.

Rich people have always had difficulty with the afterlife. Having so much to lose and so many things to arrange, they are apt to forget that death and that which follows will not be arranged for their convenience, and neither can it be rearranged or rescheduled.

“And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24