ReEd 102 Lesson 3 Beatitudes.ppt RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

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1. Module 2 Lesson 3

2. THE REIGN-KINGDOM OF GOD
IN THE
BEATITUDES
(Mt. 5:3-12 and Lk. 6:20-21)

3. What are the Terms of
SALVATION used by
JESUS in the
BEATITUDES?
How Jesus understood them?
How should we understand
them today?

4. What are Beatitudes?
“Beatusor Beatitudo” = made happy or
be happy
= a goldmine
*mine= wealth to Christian
Religion
*gold= inspiration to
nourish the
Christian Faith
Beatitudes:

5. Beatitudes:
-a blazing introduction to
the Sermon on the Mount
-contains the summary of
the Gospels.
-a platform of Jesus’ Ministry

6. BEATITUDESis a form of speech which
proclaims the happiness or blessedness of
one or more persons in certain
circumstances or under certain
conditions.
BIBLE :
Narratives, prophetic oracles, psalms, and
wisdom sayings but a series of beatitudes
like the one we find in the Gospel of
Matthew is rare.

7. 1.Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs
is the kingdom of God.
2.Blessed are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted.
3. Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth.
4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they shall be
satisfied.

8. 6. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
shall be called sons of God.
8. Blessed are those who are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
5. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy.

9. 1.Blessed are you POOR;
the Reign of God is yours.
2. Blessed are you who hunger;
you shall be filled.
3. Blessed are you who are
weeping; you shall laugh.

10. From the lips of Jesus:
Beatitudes are:
PROCLAMATIONS
OF SALVATION
=a good news
=a message of salvation
Beatitudes are not:
= bits of advice
=recommendations of virtues
=conditions for entry into the Kingdom

11. What are not Beatitudes?
Are not Parenesis
Are not exhortation to virtue
and morality
Are not imperatives
Are not tickets to enter into
the Kingdom of God
Beatitudes

12. Two aspects of the Biblical Proclamation
1
Kerygma
announcement
of the Good News of
Salvation
Ex. You are hungry,
God wants your
hunger
to be satisfied
2
Parenesis
exhortation to
virtue
and morality
Ex. Repent and
believe the
Gospel

13. Two parts of the Beatitudes
Recipients/
Beneficiaries
Blessings of
Salvation
=the person who
will receive
God’s
Salvation
= are the Biblical
terms of Salvation
= the different images
or features of
Salvation

14. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Poor / Poor in SpiritYours is the Kingdom of God /Heaven
Hungry (and Thirsty)You Shall be filled/ satisfied
Who mourn or weepYou laugh/ be comforted
Meek You Will inherit the earth
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

15. First Beatitudes
“BLESSED ARE YOU POOR (IN SPIRIT)
FOR YOURS IS THE
KINGDOM OF GOD/HEAVEN
1. Recipients: The Poor
a. Clearing out differences
a.2
-Kingdom of God
and Kingdom of
Heaven
a.1
-Poor and the
Poor in Spirit

16. a.1 -Poor and the Poor in Spirit
Poor(Lk. 6:20) =the economically
and materially Poor
Poor in Spirit (Mt. 5:3)
a) Inwardly poor or humble (rich or poor)
b) Concrete sociologically poor who, in
their economic poverty, are religiously (in
spirit) HUMBLE AND OPEN to God’s
Salvation.

17. Who are the Poor
Human Condition
OF POVERTY
-Paymentoftaxesandtribute(boththeTempleand
Rome)
-Breakdownoftraditionalvillage-basedsocialstructure
-Absenceofpoliticalparticipation
-Reductionintodebt-slaves
-Indebtedness
-LossofLand
-Dislocation

18. =a life threatening
poverty (Evil)
=means humility
=a vow to leave
Everything just to
Follow Jesus.

19. Who are the POOR for Jesus?
BEGGARS, CASUAL WORKERS,
TENANTS, SHEPHERDS, SLAVES,
DEBTORS, POOR IN THE LAND
=THE POOR AND OPPRESSED
(ANAWIM)
Jesus means:
THE REAL POOR

20. a.2 -Kingdom of God and Kingdom
of Heaven
Kingdom of God = Salvation
Kingdom of Heaven = Salvation
=is an entity commonly understood
as a place up above where God resides
= is not equal to kingdom of God
or Salvation

21. Kingdom of Heaven= Kingdom of God
To show reverence for the Sacred Name of God, the
Jews avoided pronouncing the word “God” and
instead of the word, “God”, they used other words,
such as, “the Glory, the Power, the Almighty and of
course, “Heaven” cf. Luke 15:18.
heaven alone is not equal to salvation

22. 2. Meaning of Salvation
in the First Beatitudes
KINGDOM OF GOD or
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Means:

23. Justice and Liberation means
a.All people must live a humane
life
(no one should live in misery & destitution)
b. All People must have equal access
of God’s Blessings of life.
(no one should be called least, lost & last)

24. c. Kingdom of God as
Deliverance from
Poverty and Oppression
Justice and Liberation means

25. b.3 Kingdom of God
as Good News to
the Poor
Justice and Liberation means

26. Poverty of Destitution is a
miserable and oppressed
economic condition and
deprivation that destroyed
life and dignity of persons

27. -The Gospel to the Poor
-The Salvation of the Poor
-The Justice, Liberation,
and deliverance of the Poor
-“Bukambibig” of Jesus

28. Reign-Kingdom of God
(Salvation)
as
GOOD NEWS
TO THE POOR

29. What is Poverty?
-is a condition or quality of
being POOR.
-is a condition where wealth
or resources has not been
distributed justly.

30. There are enough resources
in the World but only the
Chosen Few has savored the
biggest portion of these
resources, majority of the
people has no access on it.

31. Plan of God
1. All people should have an
access to God in the works
of His hands
2. All people will live in
harmony and solidarity
with people and the earth

32. Why is there poverty?

33. Why do people live in
squalor and misery?

34. Why do people suffer
so much difficulties
and deprivation?

35. = Poor
=less Fortunate
=marginalized
=Weak
=deprived
=oppressed
etc.
Chosen Few
=Rich
=Fortunate
=Elite
=Powerful
=Privileged
=blessed
etc.
Majority

36. Who
are the
Poor?

37. Isaiah’s Poor
Gospel Poor
Anawim or
Aniyim (Anah)
Really Poor
(Poor &
Oppressed)
Anawim
The Really
Poor

38. BEGGARS, CASUAL
WORKERS, TENANTS,
SLAVES, DEBTORS,
POOR IN THE LAND
=THE POOR AND
OPPRESSED (ANAWIM)
Isaiah and Jesus

39. Features of Life of the Poor
1. Payment of Taxes
2. Indebtedness
3. Loss of Land
4. Dislocation

40. 5. Breakdown of traditional
social structure
6. Peasants reduced to debt
slaves
7. Absence of common people’s
political Participation
Features of Life of the Poor

41. GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR
Central But Neglected
In the
consciousness
and practice
of Jesus
In the Church
ministry for
centuries

42. What is the
Good News to
the Poor?

43. Misleading Platitudes
“Good News” = Word of God
= Holy Bible
= Christian Faith
GNP = bringing Bible to the
poor and catechize
them.

44. Misleading Platitudes
1. Jesus is with you in your
poverty.
2. The Poor are God’s
special favorites
3. God loves you, He is with
you is squalor and misery

45. Good New or Good Will?
Good Will
-the Rich & Middle Class
are Benefactors while the
poor are beneficiaries
(Santa Claus)

46. Kinds of Good News
-Good News for Mothers
-Good News for Business People
-Good News for the Billionaires
-Good News for all Christians

47. Good News to the Poor
Is only for the
POOR
THE REALLY POOR

48. Good News to the Poor
as Kingdom of God
=Food, Land, Homes, Health,
Security, Human Rights,
Justice, Liberation from
Poverty and oppression
HUMANE LIFE FOR THE POOR

49. Centrality of GNP in
Jesus’ Ministry
1. Central in Jesus’ Mission
Statements
2. Central in Jesus’ Actions
among the Sick, Sinners
Possessed, Multitudes

50. Sinners
a. Real Sinners:
-moral guilt
b. people with dubious
profession (thieves)
c. uninstructed Poor

51. Jesus’ Teaching on Possession
*Give it to the Poor

52. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Hungry (and Thirsty)You Shall be filled/ satisfied
Who mourn or weepYou laugh/ be comforted
Meek You Will inherit the earth
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

53. Second Beatitudes
BLESSED ARE THE
HUNGRY
AND THE THIRSTY
FOR THEY
SHALL BE FILLED

54. a. Recipients: The Hungry
and the Thirsty
Luke refers to hunger = concrete-
sociological hunger(no food in
one’s stomach)
Matthew refers to hunger= religious
moral hungef(for righteousness)
Who are they?

55. Reign-Kingdom of God
(Salvation)
as
FOOD

57. Adobo, afritada, minatamis
imbotido, lechon, karekare
kinilaw,sinugba, potsero,
panga, suman, beer, atb.

58. Gospel Terms of Food:
Banquet (Luke 14:15)
Sitting at table (Luke 13:29)
Eating/Meal (Lk. 22:30)
Drinking (Mk. 11:25; Lk. 22:30)
Feasting/ Dancing (Mt. 8:11;25:10;
Lk. 14:16)
Bread (Mt. 6:11)

59. Societal Problem being addressed:
Starvation
Famine
Malnutrition
Food
Shortage
POVERTY
HUNGER
No
Food
Nothing
to Eat

60. Hunger
-is chronic undernourishment or
outright starvation
-is the deprivation of Food
when you most wanted/needed it
-is not a prohibition of food
-is a condition of having no Food
on the table.

61. The world produces enough
food to feed all its people,
but that food is not
distributed equally among
the rich and poor or across
national boundaries

62. Root Causes of Hunger:
1. A result of the unjust
distribution of the resources
of the earth.
2. Selfishness and greediness
3. Unsatiabledesire for
accumulation of
superfluous wealth.

63. Real Food, Good Meal

64. FOOD is a KINGDOM OF GOD

65. FOOD AS KINGDOM OF GOD
(or SALVATION)
Is it today or is it tomorrow?
EPIOUSION
(Greek)
Daily or day to day
Future
(rice, fish or bread today)
Final banquet in the future
and definitive Salvation.
Food is a blessing Salvation in our
life today and the life here-after.

66. FOOD
Today
“Give us today
our daily bread”
Person eats
food today
in this life
Future
“May your
kingdom come”
Person eats
food
after this life.

67. FOOD
Real food or Symbolic Food?
Real Food

68. FOOD AND SALVATION
(In the Biblical Tradition)
Jesus and His contemporaries were
concrete and earthly. When they
considered food as Salvation, it is
real Foodand not a Symbolic one.
Foodas sustenance of life is an
experience of Salvation

69. Food as Kingdom of God
For Whom?
HUNGRY POOR
-who are spending their
lives searching for food
MALNOURISHED POOR
-lame, blind, crippled,
the really hungry
Not for The Full

70. Food for the Hungry Today
To arrest: What causes massive
hunger today?
A Challenge
1. To dismantle the unjust social
structure
2. Rebuild a just society

71. =means REAL FOOD,
NOURISHING MEAL,
GOOD MEAL
b. Blessing of Salvation
THEY SHALL BE SATISFIED
“SATISFACTION FROM
HUNGER”

72. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Who mourn or weepYou laugh/ be comforted
Meek You Will inherit the earth
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

73. Third Beatitudes
BLESSED ARE
THOSE WHO
MOURN/WEEP FOR
THEY WILL BE
COMFORTED

74. a.Recipients: WEEPING POOR
or THE SORROWING
People are crying because of Pain
caused either by sicknessor by
socio-cultural and political
injustices.
Who & Why?

75. b. Kingdom of God (Salvation):
they shall be comforted
Means: Comfort, Joy, laughter:
no tears of sadness,
a full-throated bliss
of flesh and blood people

76. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Meek You Will inherit the earth
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

77. Fourth Beatitudes
“Blessed are the meek
for they shall inherit
the earth”

78. a.Recipients:
Meek or Humble Poor
The humbled person
sociologically and
economically
The people who have no
choice because of poverty
People who have to bear
difficulties of life with humility

79. b.a Kingdom of God (Salvation):
THEY SHALL INHERIT
THE EARTH
Land, inheriting Land, possessing Land
=Real Earthand Real Landin order
to survive and not to be oppressed
again
WHY DID JESUS ENTRUST THE EARTH
TO THE MEEK AND HUMBLE?

80. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

81. Fifth Beatitudes
“BLESSED ARE THE
MERCIFUL FOR
THEY SHALL OBTAIN
MERCY”

82. a. Recipients: The Merciful
=people living in compassion and
justice
= People who gave Justice a chance
in the Law of Love
Who are the merciful?
=people who are conscious of their
social responsibility to one another.

83. b. Kingdom of God (Salvation):
=a compassion that goes
hand in hand with justice
=a social justice with a heart
OBTAINING MERCY

84. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

85. Sixth Beatitudes
“BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
HEART
FOR THEY SHALL SEE
GOD”

86. a. Recipients:
PURE IN HEART
Who are the Pure
in Heart?

87. =are people whose eyes are not
clouded with comfort and
convenience of life, people who do
not enthrone money, wealth and
treasures as gods in their lives.
=are people who experienced God’s
presence in the concrete life-giving
blessings, and are in touch with the
primordial (basic source of life) of the
earth.

88. b. Salvation (a Kingdom of God)
Seeing God
=means: a vision of God,
an Essence-to-essence experience
of God.
=means: finding the face of God
in the simple blessings of life

89. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

90. “BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS FOR
THEY SHALL BE
CALLED CHILDREN OF
GOD”
Seventh Beatitudes

91. a. Recipients: The Peacemakers
=are people who are not afraid to
seek and proclaim the Truth
to achieve the destined peace
for all.
Who are the Peacemakers?

92. b. a Kingdom of God (Salvation):
Children of God
(a special relationship with God)
= means Divine Filiation:
becoming sons and daughters
of God

93. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

94. Eighth Beatitudes
“BLESSED ARE
THE PERSECUTED,
THE
REIGN OF GOD
WILL BE THEIRS”

95. a.Recipients:
Persecuted
=are people who suffered so much
because of socio-cultural, economic
and political injustices and oppression
They are the POOR, HUNGRY,
SICK, LANDLESS, SLAVES
HOMELESS

96. b. a Kingdom of God (Salvation):
Reign of God/Heaven
=means God will come to rescue
them, God will confront all
persecutions and free the
persecuted Poor from all Evils

97. WHO WILL RECEIVE? WHAT SPECIFIC SALVATION FOR THEM?
First Part: RECIPIENTS Second Part: Terms of Salvation
Poor / Poor in SpiritYours is the Kingdom of God /Heaven
Hungry (and Thirsty)You Shall be filled/ satisfied
Who mourn or weepYou laugh/ be comforted
Meek You Will inherit the earth
Merciful You Will receive mercy
Pure in Heart You Shall see God
Peacemakers You Shall be called Children of
God
Persecuted Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
The BeneficiariesFeatures of Salvation

98. RecipientsSalvation in Jesus Salvation today
Poor Kingdom of GodJustice and liberation for the
Poor and Oppressed
Hungry PoorBe Satisfied Food, rice, Good Meal, Good
Meal for the Hungry Poor
Weeping PoorShall Laugh Laughter and Joy for the
Sorrowing Poor
Meek Inherit the EarthEarth, Land for the
Humbled Poor
Merciful Obtain Mercy Social Justice
Pure in HeartSee God Seeing God
PeacemakersChildren of GodSons and daughters of god
Persecuted Reign of God Justice and Liberation
Salvation Salvation