How is it possible for us to be both hungry and happy, and what does it have to do with the Gospel?

In a recent episode of the Bible Project Podcast, Tim and Jon discussed a familiar passage in the Gospel of Matthew that drew my attention — mainly because my understanding of it differs slightly from theirs. I want to share with you my perspective on this section of the Beatitudes and explain why it is important to understand that Jesus is not using a metaphor when He says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be satisfied.”

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— Chapters —

0:00 Intro

1:18 Theme

1:53 Tim Mackey made a logical presumption

6:30 In must be a metaphor… right?

7:33 Understand hunger

10:47 Understand righteousness

13:34 The gospel of connection

15:35 God’s story of reimagining our hunger

17:22 Applications

19:39 Final thoughts