working of divine grace for the benefit of the poor and hungry, the weeping and persecuted. But what does life that is congruent with God’s rule look like? How are disciples to live in the world? The balance of the discourse begins to make this plain. At the heart of it is this charge: disciples are to take their cue from the compassion of a merciful God. The fourth beatitude pictures hostility and persecution that will be endured by those who align themselves with Jesus, the Son of Humanity. That