....the principle of equality in God's kingdom. Rich or poor are the same, and don't confuse that with "wicked" rich who have gained theirs by improper means. Drug lords may be rich, but their riches are from corruption and will rot their souls and they go to the grave for torments. Many of the patriarchs in the OT were rich, but they were good, so God blessed them even more. His promise to King David concerning the throne of Israel was a blessing upon David's family, his heirs, but if they did wrong, they were removed and another heir became king. This is God's way, to bless those who are good, not based on economics, but moral purity.
Look to this passage if the atonement one isn't enough to show that to you. This one deals with inheritances, who gains, who loses and is punished. Notice not a single person is punished or treated less for being rich.
Revelation 21: 7
...7 "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
another;
Galations 5
...19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God....
again, concerning inheritance;
1 Timothy chapter 5
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
2 Corinthians chapter 12
14 Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
I Corinthians chapter 6, don't see rich mentioned here either.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
However, what is the attitude toward those in power, who take what belongs to others?
Jeremiah chapter 22 Here he's speaking to a king and those in power with him.
17 "But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."
Read that entire chapter because it covers the king, the filthy rich who cheated and oppressed their way to the economic top, using the power of govt to do so, taking the inheritances of others (not their own) and holding back wages (also cheating with low wage illegal immigrant laborers?) . Sounds sort of like Democrats when in power doesn't it?
Back to the OT, to see how God felt about inheritance, especially concerning land.
Numbers 33:54
You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
Numbers chapter 35
7 "Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. "Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers....
Jesus Parable of Inheritance
Matthew chapter 21
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Remember the story of King Ahab who wanted a man's land, an family inheritance, but the man refused, so the Queen Jezebaal had him killed and then took the land for her husband? Both of them came to destruction under a curse from God for doing that. Not even a king is supposed to take another person's inheritance. I would say that applies to any property!!! That is in 1 Kings, chapter 21.
Any Death Tax or Estate Tax which steals the inheritance, makes the greedy and envious wicked a stench in the nose of God and an affront to Him!