12/28/2023 0 Comments Blessed are the pure in heartSecond, this sight shows the generosity and kindness of the God who adopts us and who is Himself our hope and desire. Only in Him do we have no reason to fear for sin and every reason to look boldly upon His glory (Matt. His work, on our behalf and also in our transformation, brings about the requisite purity and also makes visible the beauty of God Most High (John 1:18 2 Cor. We learn in Matthew 17:1–8 that it is owing to the mediator, to Jesus Himself, that we can see God’s glory. The loud voice from the throne calls the reader of Revelation to see (“Behold!”) the very presence of God, for He will be near. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God” (Rev. And the gospel attests the pledge that this vision of God ( visio Dei) will be granted when old things have passed away and it can finally be said: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. The biblical witness so consistently points to the fact that we are made with the divinely designed yearning for God that the early Christians spoke of our great hope as the “beatific vision” of God. 33:18), and David prayed for this “one thing” alone, that “I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple” (Ps. Long ago, Moses knew the desire to see God’s glory (Ex. In this case, the “pure in heart” are those who “shall see God.” We will consider two distinctive elements that speak of the pathway and the prize attested.įirst, seeing God is a gift of the gospel of Christ. This beatitude, like the others, not only affirms a moral posture or character trait but also relates it rather directly to a particular gift. We do well to ask how the words of Matthew 5:8 not only parallel other moralities but also how they break the mold and attest the singular beauty of the gospel. But the way in which Jesus and the whole biblical witness unpack and commend the call to purity nonetheless proves startling and distinctive. In speaking of purity, neither Jesus nor the Bible is charting into strange or unfamiliar territory. Sociologists tell us that every tribe or group develops its own expectations regarding social mores and behavior. Purity marks all cultures in their different ways.
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