Beatitudes – Context For Kids https://contextforkids.com Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:12:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 The Beatitudes – Full Five Part Series https://contextforkids.com/2017/09/01/the-beatitudes-fall-five-part-series/ https://contextforkids.com/2017/09/01/the-beatitudes-fall-five-part-series/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:25:49 +0000 http://contextforkids.com/?p=371 So, we are delving into the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, and each month I will present a week of 15-ish minute lessons on Yeshua’s/Jesus’s teachings. This last week, we explored the Beatitudes, in their first-century context.

Part one covered the Ashrei “Blessed are” teachings in the Bible, notably Psalm 1, and we talk about the theme, setting and audience – which gives us a lot more insight into their meaning:

 

Part two continues with the setting, which uses some hidden Temple language, and we covered the poor in spirit:

Part 3 covers the meek and the mourners:

In part 4 we explored those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in the context of the Exodus out of Egypt, and the merciful by delving into the Parable of the Ungrateful servant:

In part 5 I covered the last three, the pure of heart (as opposed to the Sadducees and Herodians), and Peacemakers (the Pharisees vs the zealots) and the persecuted for righteousness:

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