The great temple of Jerusalem was the architectural jewel of the middle east, an everlasting monument to Herod’s power and wealth. But as Jesus walked through the temple, predicting its inevitable destruction, the people around him thought he was crazy.
The Sadducees wondered what happens to human relationships after we die. But Jesus knew that it was more important to look at our relationship with God.
In the original Greek language of the Gospels, “the poor” are called ptochoi. Ptochoi is word that literally means just what it sounds like – “the ones who are spat upon.”
In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tells us, “blessed are the spat-upon.”
