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...
Day 4: Acts 2:13-21, Joel 2:28-32 Before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord Before the great and glorious day of the Lord arrives, we must not be drunk but receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended in tongues of fire, enabling the disciples to speak in various languages, some witnesses mocked, saying, "They are filled with new wine" (Acts 2:13). However, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, proclaimed that the disciples were not drunk as it was only the fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel (Joel 2:28-32), and that the promised Holy Spirit had been poured out by the Lord. He emphasized that as part of the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy, where "all people " (Acts 2:17) would receive the Holy Spirit, the 120 disciples received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and were filled. The purpose of the wars and tumults in the...