Arise O God Quotes

“Hidden under that English translation blessed is the Greek word makarios. This is not the usual word, evlogitos, which literally means “blessed” (as in having a blessing pronounced on one). Makarios is a word from the ancient world that instead referred to the blissful life of the gods in their heavenly realm. It is also used in the Scripture to refer to the joy, the glory, the happiness, the unity, and the love that the faithful angels share with God. Thus, the part of the Lord’s prayer that prays that His will should be done “on earth as it is in heaven” is precisely a prayer that He would extend this same blissful happiness to those on earth.”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, Arise O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death