n ▁a ▁living ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁ ▁References ▁by ▁Jesus ▁and ▁the ▁apost les ▁to ▁ow ning ▁homes ▁ ▁Jesus ▁had ▁a ▁tre as urer ▁( J ud as ▁Is c ari ot ) ▁ ▁Jesus ▁cons ort ing ▁with ▁the ▁upper ▁e ch el ons ▁of ▁society ▁ ▁Jesus ' ▁mi rac ul ous ▁ability ▁to ▁command ▁abund ance ▁- ▁feed ing ▁the ▁ 5 ▁thousand , ▁finding ▁tax ▁money ▁in ▁a ▁fish , ▁telling ▁Peter ▁where ▁the ▁fish ▁would ▁overflow ▁his ▁net , ▁etc . ▁ ▁The ▁business es ▁that ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁apost les ▁apparently ▁owned / work ed ▁in ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁traditional ▁view ▁of ▁Jesus ▁as ▁a ▁poor , ▁wand ering ▁teacher . ▁Based ▁on ▁their ▁belief ▁that ▁Jesus ▁and ▁his ▁apost les ▁were ▁wealth y , ▁the ▁historical ▁examples ▁of ▁wealth y ▁Christians , ▁and ▁the ▁promises ▁of ▁prosper ity ▁throughout ▁the ▁Old ▁and ▁New ▁Test aments , ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁pro ponents ▁teach ▁that ▁modern ▁bel ie vers ▁also ▁have ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁bless ing ▁of ▁financial ▁wealth . ▁Te ach ers ▁like ▁Kenneth ▁Cop eland ▁assert ▁that ▁total ▁prosper ity ▁is ▁valid ated ▁by ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁the ▁Apost le ▁John : ▁" Bel oved , ▁I ▁wish ▁above ▁all ▁things ▁that ▁thou ▁may est ▁prosper ▁and ▁be ▁in ▁health , ▁even ▁as ▁thy ▁soul ▁prosper eth " ▁( ). ▁Cop eland ▁pos its ▁that ▁“ as ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁prosper ity ▁are ▁plant ed ▁in ▁your ▁heart ,