The opening of our being

[FineLinen]

dianoigō =

To open by dividing or drawing asunder.

To open thoroughly the eyes and the ears.

To open the mind.

To cause to understand.

To arouse the faculty of understanding and desire.

"Then opened He their understanding..." -Luke 24:45

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. There could not have been a broader, more beautiful statement.

Why?

In Greek the poor in spirit, means bankruptcy. Blessed or most fortunate; or, to be envied is better is a person who has been reduced to bankruptcy, without any potential of his own, for in his bankruptcy, all heaven is his! Why is there not more heaven in some people? The rich young ruler in Matthew 19, turned away sorrowful, because he had great possessions. Anyone who has great possessions is not going to get too far with the Lord. Most fortunate, to be envied, is a person who is reduced to bankruptcy in any self-resources. In me dwelleth no good thing. This is basic, because then it is possible for all heaven to be yours. Then Jesus goes on with the rest of the Beatitudes, because they are divinely arranged in sequence. One makes it possible for the second, and we can't get to the third until we have had the first and second. The point is; their blessedness all runs into a series sequence. - John Wright Follette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnqb7Vn4AEE

[Andrew]

Hi Fine Linen

Appreciate the work you've been doing.

Just correcting that the Luke 25 45 passage that you mentioned is actually Luke 24 45

Take Care 

[FineLinen]

Hi Fine Linen

Appreciate the work you've been doing.

Just correcting that the Luke 25 45 passage that you mentioned is actually Luke 24 45

Take Care

Brother Andrew: Much thanks. Keep an eye out for F.L., his old age is working terrible things upon him.

I have just been pursuing the expression regarding the Lord requiring us to not appear before Him empty handed, or in an empty condition. This message of Reconciliation we shall proclaim out of His abundance.

[FineLinen]

In Greek the poor in spirit, means bankruptcy. Blessed or most fortunate; or, to be envied is better is a person who has been reduced to bankruptcy, without any potential of his own, for in his bankruptcy, all heaven is his! Why is there not more heaven in some people? The rich young ruler in Matthew 19, turned away sorrowful, because he had great possessions. Anyone who has great possessions is not going to get too far with the Lord. Most fortunate, to be envied, is a person who is reduced to bankruptcy in any self-resources. In me dwelleth no good thing. This is basic, because then it is possible for all heaven to be yours. Then Jesus goes on with the rest of the Beatitudes, because they are divinely arranged in sequence. One makes it possible for the second, and we can't get to the third until we have had the first and second. The point is; their blessedness all runs into a series sequence. - John Wright Follette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnqb7Vn4AEE

Brother John Follette walked in our Father. Out of that union, this remarkable quote came.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit..."

Poor = ptōchos =

Reduced to bankruptcy

Helpless/ powerless to accomplish an end.

Destitute.

"You are blessed when you are at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and His rule." -MSG