Luke 6:20, The First to Enjoy the Kingdom

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

//I’ll shortly be reviewing a novel titled A Man Called Jesus by author Rick Herrick, and there’s a statement Jesus makes in his book that I haven’t forgotten. Jesus says that the first people to experience the new Kingdom of Heaven on earth will be the poor.

Readers of my own latest book, titled The River of Life, know that I emphasize how much Jesus cared about the poor, so I felt an imm...