The King's Answer

In this passage the Pharisees and Herodians are sent to trap Jesus. They come with their best question. "Is it lawful to pay a poll tax to Caesar?" They believe if Jesus answers the question one way the spiritual leaders will have cause to seize Jesus; if he answers the other way, then the political (material) leaders will have cause to arrest him. Jesus' answer weds as one the spiritual and material world. The spiritual world and the material world are not divided. This is the kingdom of God. The King is like his kingdom and the kingdom is like its king; Spirit and matter are joined as one, God incarnate, fully God, fully man, a virgin and the Holy Spirit. Your life is lived out in such a world.