THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (WK 2): Upside Down Truth

Published: Nov. 15, 2015, 5 a.m.

b'The Beatitudes have been debated for centuries. Are these to be understood as conditions for entering the kingdom or as characteristics of those that have already entered? The answer is yes. \\n\\nJesus begins The Beatitudes with a puzzling statement even to today's audience who know the whole gospel story. How strange this teaching must have seemed to those on the mountainside. It challenges the reader to consider the upside down truth that exists in the new kingdom.'