Posted: Mar 15, 2015 10:44 am
From the link above about the first four verses of the Beatitudes:
Well, that's one interpretation, Thomas.
These verses set the tone for a common theme that runs through the sermon, and it is a theme that betrays the very mundane nature of the speaker. Instead of offering useful advice on how best to live this life, the one life we're certain about, the speaker shrugs this life off as meaningless, focusing instead on the life to come. Even if we were to assume that an afterlife exists, there's no reason not to live this life to the fullest as well.
Well, that's one interpretation, Thomas.