Biblical Hierarchy of Values

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This is what I recommend, in order from highest to lower. This is about Laws and human commitments on this plane, applying to all humans, regardless of spiritual status. It’s oversimplified, of course, but provides a starting place.
1. Mission: As noted in previous posts, this is not the same as your career, job, business, etc. This is a part of what identifies you as a unique human being. It’s your calling from God, the reason why He put you here and allows you to keep on living. It’s what is completed or too horribly compromised when He takes you out of this world. Yes, having a spiritual identity changes it, but not the fact you have one. All living humans have a mission, and it includes those non-tangible values which includes the adherence to justice itself, along with whatever other virtues you care to name.
2. Marriage: If you have it, this one comes next. If not, being in the right position to obtain one counts as the same. The only way it can be absent is if you are utterly certain celibacy is part of your mission, in which case it means abstinence, too.
3. Family: Let there be no mistaking, the spouse takes precedence over the kids. You may negotiate a plan of action which calls for the spouse to sacrifice for the sake of the kids, but that simply points out the necessity of deciding it and planning accordingly. We aren’t talking about your instincts or other considerations; the Bible puts your spouse above your kids. By extension, any other family sharing the same household, to the degree you hold custodial responsibilities (such as an elder in a tribal setting), they come next.
4. Life: Yes, your hide is worth something. You should be willing to sacrifice your life for other people, but not for stuff.
5. Mission Essentials: From whatever resources at hand, those necessary for the mission take priority over other types of resources. This is not limited to tangible “real” objects, but tends to be little else in most lives. This assumes something you are quite sure you can’t replace easily. It’s a fluctuating value category, based on situation and context.
6. Family Essentials: Resources other than people always take a back seat to people. Part of the understanding is God supplies human needs through Creation according to the prosperity, safety and security promised in the Laws. You can lose some here and there, under the understanding this is simply the way it is on this fallen planet. Justice will give you as much as can be had.
7. Other People: It’s a sliding scale, starting with non-household relatives, kin folks, neighbors, fellow tribe members, etc., through various levels of blood and covenant relations. There are times also when non-family can become central to the mission itself, and you’ll probably know that when the time comes. Otherwise, it’s not simply the life and limbs of your family, but even your support resources are more valuable than random human life. Yes, the Laws of God say you can kill robbers and burglars if the Lord allows them to fall into your hands. The moment may provide a reason for mercy, but as a general principle, those who threaten family essentials are toast; they have violated the Laws of God and are not protected.
8. Other Resources: You may place a high subjective value on all sorts of things, but if you can live without it, human life is more important. This is where we take the wealthy to task, because by definition most of what they hold is not necessary for life. That doesn’t mean they can’t use fatal violence to protect whatever they own, but the standards for such enforcement are much higher for non-essential property. For example, they have to put up signs, fences, and all sorts of extra expense.
9. Resources of Others: Their property matters to them, and the mere fact you are in proximity to it places some burden of responsibility on you to help them out. You’ll have to decide in the context how much effort, and at what sacrifice, it requires from you. Still, it matters.
So this business of “trespassers will be shot” is invalid, for the most part. The Bible assumes reasonable access for passage, for example. That’s where socialist European laws are morally correct and American tradition is wrong. Further, the Law of Moses is very specific, that someone walking through a field of ripe grain on the way to somewhere else is permitted to pick as much as they can eat while they are on the move. They can’t eat your animals, because that’s too much to ask. But if they stop by the house and ask for bread and water, you are pretty much required to give it. You can give more, or something equivalent, but that’s sort of the minimum in principle. There are other details, but they do highly encourage interaction, rendering proper honor to the owner, and making a polite request, etc. Yes, there are ways to play games and enforcement can be tough, but the basic assumptions are clear.
Notice that there are different standards based on the role of that person in your life, but even complete strangers have a claim on life support if you are wealthy, so long as they are just passing through. You don’t have to let them in your home, but you do have to offer what you can afford, in clear conscience. The point made elsewhere is the moral fabric knows what should be on your conscience.