During the reign of Akhenaten, he abolished the Egyptian's usual polytheistic ways in order to worship the god Aten, the "sun-disk".
Jesus turned his body and blood into wine and bread. What he means is that whenever you receive the eucharist you are showing your belief in the lord, and will continue to do so until he returns.
Human societies from the Paleolithic to the early Neolithic farming tribes lived without states and organized governments. For most of the Lower Paleolithic, human societies were possibly more hierarchical than their Middle and Upper Paleolithic descendants, and probably were not grouped.
I believe the answer is The Bible sits in judgement over those who deal with money once, Jesus told his students that Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Because rich people are exposed more to the feeling of greed and more power to hurt/help other people. This art is created to depicted this very view
