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Personal Devotions Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessedness Condition or state of being in God's grace or favor. The Bible contains the words "bless, " "blessing, " and "blessed, " but not...
31 mar 2020 · God’s blessedness — his happiness, delight, and self-satisfaction in who he is — results from the perfection of his being. Any form of imperfection, in any way, reduces one’s blessedness and self-satisfaction.
BLESSEDNESS. bles'-ed-nes: This translation of makarismos (a word signifying "beatification" or "the ascription of blessing"), is used but three times, in Romans 4:6, 9, and Galatians 4:15, in the King James Version only.
Blessedness means God's bringing his promises to David to fulfillment in raising up Jesus as the Christ ( Luke 1:68-70). The original experience of Adam and Eve in Eden is a blessedness derived from a creation in which God provides for their spiritual well-being with his companionship and their physical needs with the garden's trees ( Gen 2).
4 sty 2022 · Perhaps the most well-known use of the word blessed in the Bible is found in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23). Jesus used the term blessed in the framework of the Beatitudes to describe the inner quality of a faithful servant of God.
1. Material and spiritual blessedness. God’s blessing is from the beginning of His entire creation, seen esp. in His blessing of the Sabbath, working the completion of His work (Gen 2:3; Exod 20:11; cf. the refrain “it was very good” of Gen 1).
Named from the initial words (beati sunt, “blessed are”) of those sayings in the Latin Vulgate Bible, the Beatitudes describe the blessedness of those who have certain qualities or experiences peculiar to those belonging to the Kingdom of Heaven.
