Letter 010 — The Whole Letter: Makarios (Matthew 5:1-12 + Hebrews 11)
One Greek word in Matthew 5 changes the entire passage. Today we put the whole sermon together, find out what blessed actually means, and discover who the kingdom already belongs to.
In this letter
- Makarios and what it actually means — fully alive, not fortunate
- A walk-through of all eight Beatitudes with Greek behind the key ones
- The vertical-horizontal structure of the list (posture toward God, then others)
- The bookend phrase theirs is the kingdom of heaven that wraps the whole passage
- Jesus's shift from blessed are they to blessed are you in verses 11-12
- The connection back to…
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