Every great orator is remembered by a certain phrase or speech that captured the essence of their eloquence.

Lincoln’s “Four score and seven years ago… ”
Kennedy’s “Ask not what your country can do for you…”
Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…”

Jesus’ most recognized, remembered “speech”? It was identified as the “Sermon on the Mount” by Matthew and the “Sermon on the Plane” by Luke. What every Sunday school student learns about this “sermon” is Jesus’ list of “Beatitudes”or “Be Attitudes” — the series of “blessings” with which Jesus turned the world upside down, extolling the virtues of the poor in spirit, the mournful, the meek, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, the persecuted.

But the list of those who will receive God’s blessing at the coming of the kingdom is not the central …