The Lucky Life: The Backwards Beatitudes

The Lucky Life: The Backwards Beatitudes, by Skip Moen, D.Phil.

The Beatitudes are recognized as the ethical foundation of the Kingdom message of Yeshua. But too often they have been treated as if they were spoken to Western-thinking believers. These zen-like sayings are examples of the upside-down perspective of Hebraic ethics. What they reveal about the Kingdom and the citizens of the Kingdom underscores how much we have misunderstood their context and culture. By examining the linguistic and cultural issues, we see that these well-known declarations are completely backwards.

Luck is for losers. Winners do not believe in luck. But they do believe in the lucky life. They believe in the lucky life because God’s view of life is all about being lucky. Understanding the difference between luck and lucky will change everything.

Stop waiting for good luck! Start living the lucky life – the life God designed.

Broken Bits

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An Apology and Correction


If you are a careful reader who checks the sources, you will discover an error on pages 96 and 97 of my book, The Lucky Life. The error is a mistake in the Greek verb in Matthew 5:8 for the English “see” (“for they shall see God”).


The correct verb is horáō. It is the common verb for “to see.” So, when you read the sentence on page 96, please make this correction and disregard my mistake.


However, this also requires some correction on the second occurrence on page 97. Here it is the Hebraic background of horáō that needs to be understood. Everything in that paragraph is correct except that the verb is horáō, not opthanomai. “Seeing” in the Hebraic sense is much like “hearing.” In Hebrew, “to hear” also means “to obey.” Seeing involves not only the visual perception but also the understanding that should accompany that perception.

I’m sorry for this mistake. I hope it won’t be too disturbing.


Skip Moen

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