What was the purpose for Jesus teaching
The beatitudes?
2006-11-25 16:29:41 · 10 answers · asked by Warren L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are at least four ways to understand the Beatitudes:
1. They are a code of ethics for the disciples and a standard of conduct for all believers.
2. They contrast Kingdom values (What is eternal) with worldly values (what is temporary).
3. They contrast the superficial "faith" of the Pharisees with the real faith that Christ demands.
4. They show how the Old Testament expectations will be fulfilled in the new Kingdom.
These Beautitudes are not multiple choice - pick what you like and leave the rest. They must be taken as a whole. They describe what we should be like as Christ's followers.
2006-11-25 16:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev.3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
The kingdom of the heavens come down out of heaven from God Rev.20:1-6 The heavenly first resurrected, Matt.25:31-34 the sheep will be there and the Rev.7:9-17 great tribulation survivers see 12,13 resurrected Acts 2:27-31 as Jesus and as David will be, and each person in the beatitudes alive or resurrected has their place as 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53 the heavenly for new heavens and the earthly for new earth, 2Pet.3:13 and Heb.12:22-24; Heb.9:27 It is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgement [ the heavenly already Judged them selves by belief in the word of God John 12:47,48; Heb.4:12; above all else Rev.6:9-11; Rev.12:11 [ when it is bad ]; Rev.21:1-5 ALL IS MADE NEW AND PERFECT AS BEFORE EDEN 8 is the second death and Rev.20:7-10 final cleansing of earth at the end of the 1000 years reign.
ALL PERFECT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND PARADISE.
2006-11-25 17:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bbb.ndo.co.uk/beatitudes/beatitudes.html
2006-11-25 16:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an expository of the type of person that the Kingdom of God will be made up of.
2006-11-25 16:38:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mark Fidrater 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was describing the characteristics of those who would enter heaven, but his meaning is much deeper than most of us can imagine.
2006-11-25 16:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by Marty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To call us to a higher way of living.
2006-11-25 16:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Esther 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To break down how we should live verry easly.
2006-11-25 16:35:41 · answer #7 · answered by robertt223 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wants us to get them in our head and be every one of those characters!!!
2006-11-25 16:32:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope
2006-11-25 16:38:11 · answer #9 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To tell us how we are to live.
God bless,
Stanbo
2006-11-25 16:32:32 · answer #10 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋