The Second Blessing of the Beatitudes : Those Who Hunger and Thirst for God’s Righteousness Will Be Satisfied by God’s Salvation! “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied …” ( Luke 6:21a ) I would like to receive the lessons given through meditating on this word: (1) I would like to receive the lessons given as I meditate on the first half of Luke 6:21, the second blessing of the Beatitudes, in connection with Matthew 5:6 , which says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (a) Here, the phrase “those who hunger” comes from the Greek word πεινῶντες (peinōntes), which is used as a present participle. It does not indicate a temporary hunger but a continuous, ongoing state of hunger. This physical hunger is reinterpreted with a spiritual meaning in Matthew 5:6 as “ hu...
하나님을 의지하는 지혜로운 자 지혜로운 자는 하나님을 의지하므로 " 갑자기 밀어닥친 재앙이나 악인들의 멸망이 이를 때 두려워하지 " 않습니다 . 그 이유는 그가 의지하는 하나님께서 그를 " 안전하게 지키실 것 " 을 믿고 있기 때문입니다 ( 잠언 3:25-26, 현대인의 성경 ).