“He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.”
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty — the third reversal is economic: the hungry filled with good things, the rich sent away empty. The good things are not specified — material provision, spiritual nourishment, or both. The rich sent away empty reverses the normal expectation: the wealthy leave satisfied; the poor leave hungry. In the kingdom's economy, this pattern is inverted. The Beatitudes' blessed are the poor and woe to the rich (Luke 6) are the Magnificat applied to specific situations.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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