![]() Who would not want to draw up a chair and listen to God in the flesh tell us about the life that is truly blessed. But here the Son of God speaks, not thundering words of condemnation, but wonderful words of blessing. But here the Son of God goes “up on the mountain (Matthew 5:1), and when He sits down, His disciples come to Him.Īt Sinai, God spoke thundering words, so terrifying that the people begged that no further words would be spoken (Hebrews 12:19). ![]() He bids us to come to him.Īt Mount Sinai, God comes down to the mountain in terrifying splendor, and the people are kept at a distance. God has come among us in the person of Jesus Christ. If that’s how Moses felt, how do you think you or I would have felt?īut when we come to the Beatitudes, the scene is completely different. ![]() ![]() The whole scene was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear” (Hebrews 12:21). The trumpets were blasting (Deuteronomy 4:11-12). God came down, but His face was never seen. In the Old Testament God’s people gathered at Mount Sinai. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4ĭon’t miss the word “blessing,” that is repeated here, and over and over, in the Beatitudes.
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