Dear Friends at Glorian,
I have a question:
My parents decided to hire some advisors because of a heritage issue. My father inherited land from his parents and now there no one in the family who wants to continue the business. The issue is that the land has been in the family for 3 generations. But now everybody seems to be disappointed and angry at our Father.
I have the impression some of my siblings are eager to sell the land and cash the money. And I have the impression that my father is in a hurry to settle the issue we are having. He doesn’t say, but I figured that maybe he is sensing that his end is near.
My mother has said that she doesn’t want the trouble of solving the issue with the land, when my father is no longer around. I have the impression that everybody is afraid that when my father is gone, that everybody will be fighting over pieces like vultures.
The main wish of my father is to avoid taxes, so he is looking for a way to divide the heritage while he is still alive. And the advisors my parents hired are saying they know how to help with this. But when I look at what they are doing, then I have the impression they are only feeding the quarreling which exists among family members.
When I took a closer look at their presentation, I noticed that they don’t have any references of clients who can testify about how happy they are about the service they delivered. I thought this is just typical.
Anyway, my father doesn’t read the Bible, but he was raised in a catholic family (as am I). He was raised with the message to never sell the land, but to keep it in the family.
Now I am trying to figure out where this ideal comes from, so I am studying the topic of the Promised Land. This of course to look at this issue we are having from a Biblical point of view.
I noticed that Abraham for example was told to leave the land of his father to find his own piece of land.
I wonder if someone could enlighten me a bit about the question where these dogmas and believes about the agricultural land comes from. I do understand the land is holy. But where in the Bible does it explain about how the heritage should be divided, or preserved.
I understand I should take the story not literal. But I also understand there is supposed to be a lesson in all of this.
Thank you in advance for the light that can be shined upon this.
Praise God.
I have a question:
My parents decided to hire some advisors because of a heritage issue. My father inherited land from his parents and now there no one in the family who wants to continue the business. The issue is that the land has been in the family for 3 generations. But now everybody seems to be disappointed and angry at our Father.
I have the impression some of my siblings are eager to sell the land and cash the money. And I have the impression that my father is in a hurry to settle the issue we are having. He doesn’t say, but I figured that maybe he is sensing that his end is near.
My mother has said that she doesn’t want the trouble of solving the issue with the land, when my father is no longer around. I have the impression that everybody is afraid that when my father is gone, that everybody will be fighting over pieces like vultures.
The main wish of my father is to avoid taxes, so he is looking for a way to divide the heritage while he is still alive. And the advisors my parents hired are saying they know how to help with this. But when I look at what they are doing, then I have the impression they are only feeding the quarreling which exists among family members.
When I took a closer look at their presentation, I noticed that they don’t have any references of clients who can testify about how happy they are about the service they delivered. I thought this is just typical.
Anyway, my father doesn’t read the Bible, but he was raised in a catholic family (as am I). He was raised with the message to never sell the land, but to keep it in the family.
Now I am trying to figure out where this ideal comes from, so I am studying the topic of the Promised Land. This of course to look at this issue we are having from a Biblical point of view.
I noticed that Abraham for example was told to leave the land of his father to find his own piece of land.
I wonder if someone could enlighten me a bit about the question where these dogmas and believes about the agricultural land comes from. I do understand the land is holy. But where in the Bible does it explain about how the heritage should be divided, or preserved.
I understand I should take the story not literal. But I also understand there is supposed to be a lesson in all of this.
Thank you in advance for the light that can be shined upon this.
Praise God.