When we first hear the Beatitudes they seem enigmatic, even unreal.
They seem to turn our experience of the world on its head.
But the key to understanding the Beatitudes is that they represent the values of the Kingdom of God not the values of the world.
These are the attitudes and values which come from God.
And it is these that Jesus was attempting to establish on earth.
So as disciples of Jesus of Nazareth we should strive to embody the values of the Kingdom of God,
As set out in the Beatitudes.
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