Conclusion
“The Beatitudes occupy the same space we do: the time in which it is not yet God’s future. For pastor and theologian Sam Wells, the first part of each beatitude is a description of the cross (poor, thirsty, meek, merciful, persecuted), and the second half is a description of the resurrection (comfort, mercy, the kingdom of God). Wells writes that we live right in the middle of the first half and the second half. We dwell in the comma between “Blessed are you who weep now” and “for you will laugh.”9 Life in the middle of the cross and the resurrection is not easy, but it is joyful. It is deeply painful but also beautiful. And so are the Beatitudes.”
Quote from The Beatitudes through the Ages, Rebekah Eklund
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