{"id":873,"date":"2021-08-04T04:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T04:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2021-08-10T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:09:00","slug":"beatitudes-our-instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=873","title":{"rendered":"Beatitudes, Our Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TechnicallyThis is a Different variation NTV<\/span><\/p>\n

The Beatitudes, Our Instructions from Jesus Christ<\/span><\/p>\n

BEATITUDES<\/b> A term that comes from the Latin word beatitudo<\/span>; it is not used in the English Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Technically it means \u201cblessedness\u201d<\/span> as described in the Old and New Testament. To be \u201cblessed\u201d<\/span><\/strong> means<\/span>
\nthat one has been given a gift or a kindness by God.<\/span><\/p>\n

The phrase \u201chappy is,\u201d<\/span><\/span> or \u201cblessed is,\u201d<\/span><\/i> appears often in the book of Psalms (used 26 times) and in Proverbs (8 times). It is used 10 times in the other books of <\/span>the Old Testament and 13 times in the Apocrypha.<\/span><\/p>\n

These Beatitudes describe the person who is righteous, someone who has faith and hope in God.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are signs of a life lived in relation God\u2019s forgiveness, love, and favor. These blessings apply to the whole person, whether in family<\/span>
\nlife, in worship, in public life, or in one\u2019s inner self.<\/span><\/p>\n

The blessed person is in touch with the fruitfulness of the Creator himself. He or she lives a fulfilled life, life as God intended it to be lived. In the New Testament, \u201cblessing\u201d<\/span><\/span> is<\/span>
\nmentioned seven times in the book of Revelation, three times in the Epistle to the Romans, and once in John\u2019s Gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea appears so often in Matthew and Luke that the term \u201cBeatitudes\u201d<\/span><\/b> was invented to describe the way <\/span>the concept is used in these books.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are interesting contrasts between Luke\u2019s \u201csermon on the plain\u201d<\/span> <\/strong>(Luke 6:20-23<\/b>) and Matthew\u2019s \u201cSermon on the Mount\u201d<\/b> (Matthew 5:3-12<\/b>), which are so similar<\/span>
\nthat many scholars believe them to be reports of the same event. In Luke, Jesus pronounces blessings on several different kinds of people immediately<\/span>
\nafter he selects the 12 disciples (Luke 6:12-16<\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n

20<\/b> And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

21<\/b> Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n

22<\/b> Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast<\/span>
\nout your name as evil, for the Son of man\u2019s sake.<\/span><\/p>\n

23<\/b> Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their<\/span>
\nfathers unto the prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n

24<\/b> But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

25<\/b> Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.<\/span><\/p>\n

26<\/b> Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the sermon is addressed to the crowd and speaks of the God\u2019s kingdom as a great reversal, in which human social conditions will be<\/span>
\nturned upside-down: the poor will be rich<\/b>, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

So Luke balances four blessings with four woes (\u201cWoe to you who are rich,\u201d<\/span><\/span> etc.)<\/span> to add to this sense of contrast. He uses the future tense to suggest that this is what will happen<\/span>
\nwhen the kingdom of God has come. In Matthew, the advent of the kingdom has already begun\u2014Jesus uses the present tense. He talks mainly to the<\/span>
\ndisciples.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of his statements set the agenda for his speech.<\/span><\/p>\n