A fine example of the upside down values of the Kingdom of God can be seen in the blessing poured out onto the gentle (or humble or meek) – theirs is the earth as an inheritance. This beatitude has an echo from Psalm 37 in it. There it is the wicked who take the earth and its possessions to themselves. They smash and grab their way through life not worried about who gets left behind or who gets trampled underfoot.

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