How Are the Beatitudes Good News About Jesus?

The Beatitudes are not “Be-Attitudes” or a list of virtues to be achieved. They are the description of who Jesus is and the blessings to be received in and through him. These beatitudes or blessings are the gifts from God’s anointed one, as Isaiah 61 says. In this video, Chad Bird examines how Matthew 5:1-12 is patterned after Isaiah 61 and many of the psalms. In fact, the beatitudes are a summary and commentary on the 150 Psalms of the Old Testament. Join us for this week’s episode of “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.”