The sermon on the mount, the beatitudes is not a message for the blessed, instead, it’s for the oppressed. When Jesus sees the marginalized crowds, he knows the painful present reality that they find themselves in. The Messenger on this mount embodies the message on this mount with echoes to Isaiah 61. A Christ-like leader cannot depart from the Christ on this mount today.
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