What Jesus Was Communicating in the Beatitudes

Who was Jesus addressing on the hillside 2,000 years ago?

• Merchants and traders

• Roman soldiers

• A crowd of poor and sick people

• A group of wealthy and influential people

What did Jesus claim was starting with the crowd?

• A new empire

• A revolution

• A battle

• A new kind of reality

What does 'the Kingdom of the skies' represent?

• A new empire on Earth

• God's heavenly reality

• A literal kingdom in the sky

• A story

What did Jesus say to those who grieve?

• They will be ignored

• They will be comforted

• They will be forgotten

• They will be punished

Who did Jesus say will inherit the land?

• The powerful

• The wealthy

• The rulers

• The unimportant

What kind of revolution was Jesus trying to start?

• A revolution for power

• A violent uprising

• A political revolution

• A movement of service and love

What will happen to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness?

• They will be ignored

• They will be satisfied

• They will become powerful

• They will be defeated

Who will be called children of God?

• The rich

• The peacemakers

• The rulers

• The warriors

What did Jesus say about those persecuted because of righteousness?

• Theirs is the Kingdom of the skies

• They will be defeated

• They will lose everything

• They will be forgotten

What did Jesus use as a symbol of God's long-lasting covenant with Israel?

• Water

• Salt

• Light

• Bread