Mat 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
I’ve often wonder, do you think Jesus enjoyed the beatific vision through His whole life? I ponder because the Lord was able to see things that our sins keep us from seeing. Remember that the promise of the “vision of God” in the beatitudes is a promise made to whom? To the pure of heart! WE fail to see the continual beauty of God and His promises, not because there’s a problem with our optic nerve, but our heart and the impurity within. So yes, Jesus was able to maintain the beauty of the Father within His vision because he maintained a pure heart. The magnitude of this is exemplified by the cross and seldom fully grasped. (Gal 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.”). This is why the Father and Holy Spirit turned their back to Jesus, He was cursed by God for us, and separated from the Father! And yet during His forsakenness on our behalf, Jesus prevented us from drawing every breath under the curse due us. And yet Jesus was able to see and maintain the purpose and beauty within it all… YOU!
A pure heart resembles a mirror in which the beauty of Christ is reflected for others to see… HSAY
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