Bible Question: What is the meaning of Beatitude (matthew 5:1-11) |
Bible Answer: the parallel verse to that is Luke 6:20 which lacks the addition of "in spirit" but, in a nutshell, He judges and comforts and takes care of the needs of the poor, whether in spirit or in other ways. KJV Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. NIV Luke 6:20 Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. NKJV Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed (are you) poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. ---------------- God always saves the poor, and they were left alive and remained. They inherit the Kingdom. Psalms 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. Psalms 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. Psalms 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. Job 5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty Job 36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Psalms 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. Jeremiah 20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. when Israel is scattered, the poor are left behind, not Harpazoed or caught away forcefully into captivity, they get to inherit, live in houses which they built not, etc. Jeremiah 39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. Jeremiah 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; Jeremiah 52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 2 Kings 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen 1 Samuel 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. Psalms 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. Luke 14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Proverbs 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? |