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Sermon on the Mount: verse model
1. Sermon on the Mount: verse model
This content is being developed.
2. Historical interpretation of church history
1 Churches
2 Parables
3 Beatitudes
4 Time periods
| Interpretations |
| ☐ Literal |
☐ Christian living |
| ☐ Figurative |
☐ Heresies over time |
| ☐ Historical |
☐ Prophetic details |
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Note that the time of Roman persecutions was that of the universal church as a collection of small "mustard seeds" while the time of Roman acceptance was that of the universal church as "tree with birds making a home in the branches".
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3. Letters to churches in Revelation
Interpretations:
Literal
Figurative
Christian living
Historical
Prophetic details
4. Beatitudes
Interpretations:
Literal
Figurative
Historical
Christian living
5. Kingdom parables
Interpretations:
Literal
Figurative
Historical
Christian living
6. Sermon on the Mount : Matthew 5:1-20
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5:17. Not come to reside in the law
5:18. Jots and tittles of the law
5:19. Birdhouse rules
5:20. Birdhouse righteousness
7:21. Not everyone will enter
7:22 Many works will not count
7:23 I never knew you. Depart !
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[7 RC + 7 KP + 7 B + 7 + 7 = 35 ARMS, plus more]
7. Bigger more complete picture
Thinking: oaths, head and hairs, yes-yes no-no
Doing: turn the cheek, walk the mile, loan, etc.
Loving: enemies (as neighbors)
Acting: not doing it, doing it
Praying: asking (not doing it). Lord's Prayer
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8. Sermon on the Mount
Here is the traditional coverage of the Sermon on the Mount. Start at the beginning and continue. Most verse or verse groups can have their own
ARMS (Attractive Refrigerator Magnet Sermons).
This is the case, for example, with the "
Sermon on the Mount: The Musical" as performed by Piercing Word.
9. Sermon on the Mount
Here are the top-down and bottom up patterns added to the verses in the Sermon on the Mount. These are examples of
chiasms of (related) meaning.
There appear to be additional connections.
10. Sermon on the Mount: verse model
Matthew 5:1-2 Introduction of Jesus and disciples on the mountain, the crowd down further away.
Matthew 5:3 to 7:23 Body of the Sermon an the mount (103 verses).
Matthew 7:24-27 Summary of the house on rock and house on sand.
Matthew 7:28-29 Commentary after the Sermon on the Mount.
[spread spectrum communication]
Here are some more connections in the Sermon on the Mount. The 103 verses that form the body of the Sermon on the Mount form six sequences of seven ideas that match rather well the Kingdom Parables and the Seven Churches in Revelation. Some sequences are top-down backward-chaining while others are bottom-up forward-chaining.
11. Verse build by row
Many verses are typically handled one at a time, one (refrigerator magnet) sermon per verse, sometimes a few grouped verses, and than in the order in which they appear. In the verse model, some sequences are
top-down backward-chaining while others are
bottom-up forward-chaining.
12. Stair analogy
A
stair analogy can be used to help understand
top-down design and
bottom-up implementation.
The goal is the top of the stairs.
The start is the bottom of the stairs.
Identifying the
goal is most important! You do not want to climb the wrong stairs to get to the wrong goal.
Implementation:
Do it: 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 (same either way)
Design: When it works,
top-down tends to be
better.
Think bottom-up: 1 then 2 then 3 then 4 then 5 (start forward to goal)
Think top-down: 5 if 4 if 3 if 2 if 1 (goal backward to start)
Gospels:
Bottom-up: Matthew, Mark, Luke (goal not clear, a lot of extra material)
Top-down: John (goal clear, no extra material)
13. Seven Revelation churches
14. Seven Kingdom parables
15. Seven Beatitudes
16. Beatitude verses
17. Salt verses
18. Jots and tittle verses
19. Deceptive oath verses
20. Kingdom verses
21. Holy split verses
22. Not everyone verses
23. Category build by column
Cross-relating the verses by column provides some interesting connections that are not obvious when looking at the verses by row (e.g., contiguous, in the order in which they are written, reverse order for top-down backward chained verses).
24. Ephesus: sower
[non-verbal communication]
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
25. Smyrna: weeds
Theme: The good and bad seeds start to grow.
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
26. Pergamus: tree
Theme: The good and bad seeds become a tree with religious and secular power. Mammon represents confidence in one's own ability to do things. For example, take an oath thinking that one can fulfill the oath and that one is not being deceived by the oath taken.
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
27. Thiatira: leaven
Theme: One
bad apple makes the whole bunch go bad.
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
28. Sardis: treasure
Theme:
hide (good works)
and seek (righteousness)
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
29. Philadelphia: pearl
Theme: (do not)
show (for reward)
and tell (many words)
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
30. Laodicea: harvest
Theme: The
good (works), the
bad (rotten),
and the
ugly.
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
31. More connections
| 1 |
5:21‑26 |
alterated gifts (two ways)
Ephesus (sower)
not come to reside in law |
anger, raca, fool
alter gift
watch, last farthing |
| 2 |
5:27‑32 |
adulterated attacks
Smyrna (weeds)
jots and tittles of the law |
adultery
glue, separate
divorce, separation |
| 3 |
5:33‑37 |
deceptive oaths
Pergamus (tree and birds)
birdhouse rules |
do not swear oaths
true head and hairs
think yes‑yes no‑no |
| 4 |
5:38‑42
5:43‑48 |
loanly contested smiles
love the enemy at the gate
Thyatira (leaven)
birdhouse righteousness |
think and do ‑ makes enemies
enemies as neighbors (birds, pigs, fish) |
| 5 |
6:1‑4 |
do hide and seek
Sardus (treasure)
not everyone will enter |
hide good works, seek righteousness |
| 6 |
6:5‑8 |
do not show and tell
Philadelphia (pearl)
many works will not count |
display for rewards, many words |
| 7 |
6:9‑13 |
thy kingdom come
Laodicea (end of the age)
I never knew you. Depart! |
Lord's prayer |
Matthew 5:21-6-13 (bottom-up, forward-chaining)
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
32. More connections
Matthew 6:14-33 (top-down backward-chaining)
| 6:14‑15 |
harvest |
let go of stupid things (thinks) |
| 6:16‑18 |
pearl |
fasting and appearance (two ways) |
| 6:19‑21 |
treasure |
heart, treasure ‑ hidden, thieves |
| 6:22‑23 |
leaven |
eye, body, darkness, light |
| 6:24 |
tree |
mammon or God |
| 6:25‑32 |
weeds |
worries, birds, lilies, grass, oven |
| 6:33 |
sower |
seek the kingdom, harmed need it |
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
33. More connections
Matthew 7:1-20 (bottom-up, forward-chaining)
| 7:1‑2a |
sower |
separation (judge) |
| 7:2b |
weeds |
measure (to be great) |
| 7:3‑5 |
tree |
eye, twig (fruit), beam (expectations) |
| 7:6 |
leaven |
holy split, wolf dog, pigs and pearls |
| 7:7‑12 |
treasure |
ask, seek, knock, good and bad gifts (houses) |
| 7:13‑16 |
pearl |
narrow gate, wide area, wolves, sheep, fruit |
| 7:17‑20 |
harvest |
trees, fruit, rotten and good |
At each stage, there are both positive and negative aspects of the connections.
Then summary of house on rock and house on sand.
Then ending two verses.
... more to be added ...
34. Matthew 6
35. End of page
