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...
지옥행 급행 열차를 타는 것이나 다름없습니다. 지혜 없는 어리석은 젊은이는 간교하고 음란한 여자의 유혹에 넘어가 그녀를 따라가되 소가 도살장으로 가는 것 같고 사슴이 올가미 속으로 뛰어들어가는 것 같으므로 화살이 그의 심장을 꿰뚫고 자기 생명의 위험을 당하며 결국 지옥행 급행 열차를 타는 것이나 다름없습니다 ( 잠언 8:7, 10, 21-23, 27, 현대인의 성경 ).