Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Those who mourn includes both the grief of personal loss and the grief over the state of the world — those who weep for their own sin and for the brokenness around them. Isaiah 61:2 promises comfort for all who mourn; Revelation 21:4 says God will wipe away every tear. The future tense — they shall be comforted — communicates that the mourning of the present is not the final word; a day of comfort is coming that will make the mourning of the present understood in a new light. 2 Corinthians 7:10 distinguishes godly grief that leads to repentance from worldly grief that leads to death — the mourning Jesus blesses is the grief that knows what is lost and longs for restoration.

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