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Originally Posted by Iluvatar
I'm not certain that the city of Enoch practiced anything quite like the United Order. I think the Utopian environment was the result of righteousness, and their living of God's moral laws. I'm not certain that there was any sort of state sanctioned redistribution of wealth going on. I doubt there was any poor among them, but that was probably more the result of unrestrained charity than any official program to take from the rich and give to the poor.
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You've just described the Law of Consecration and the United Order\ :wink: Any study of it's tenants would reveal that the City of Enoch COULD NOT have achieved exaltation without having first lived the LOC and the United Order ... that level of righteousness demands it.