The Second Blessing of the Beatitudes : Those who weep will surely laugh! “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh” ( Luke 6:21b ). I want to receive the lesson given as I meditate on the words, (1) I wish to receive the lesson given as I meditate on the latter half of Luke 6:21, the second blessing of the Beatitudes, in connection with Matthew 5:4 , which says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (a) In the latter half of Luke 6:21, the word “weep” comes from the Greek word κλαίοντες (klaiontes), which means “to weep aloud properly, to express sorrow with audible crying because it cannot be restrained (to cry out loud)” (internet). This same Greek word also appears in the latter half of verse 25: “… Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.” (i) ...
Fleeing Jesus [Matthew 2:13-18] The gospel is Jesus Christ. The heart of the gospel is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So, in order to know more about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the core of the gospel, we meditated eight times under the heading “The Word became flesh” centered on the words of John 1:1-4, 9-14. Who is Jesus Christ? He is the One from the beginning (Jn. 1:1), and was with God, so Jesus Christ is God (v. 1), the Creator of all things (v. 3). There is life, the light of man, in Jesus Christ (v. 4). What was the purpose of Jesus Christ becoming a man [“the Word became flesh” (v. 14)]? It was to dwell among us. Look at John 1:14a – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, ….” Also, it was t...