As we center our affections on Yeshua, we become unified, made whole, and healed of our inner fragmentation. 2:6-7) and we are able to discern hidden realities that others do not see (1 Cor. When we are undivided in heart, the Spirit imparts to us a hidden wisdom (1 Cor. ![]() ![]() Because the pure in heart use ayin tovah, the good eye, they walk “in the light, as He is in the light” (Matt. 5:3-8), only those who are impoverished in spirit, who mourn over themselves and hunger for God’s mercy, are refined by their struggle to see God (the Greek text implies these will see God now – with inward vision – and in the world to come). Metaphorically, then, purity of heart refers to separation from the profane – singleness of vision, wholeheartedness, passion, and focused desire for the sacred. The Greek word translated “pure” is katharos (καθαρός), sometimes used describe the cleansing of a wound (catharsis), or to describe the unalloyed quality of a substance revealed through refining fire (the corresponding Hebrew word for the “pure of heart” (בַּר־לֵבָב), used in Psalm 24:4, comes from a root (בָּרַר) that likewise means to purify by fire). Yeshua expounded: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’” (Matt. “Who shall ascend to the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to vanity (לא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא) and who does not swear deceitfully” (Psalm 24:3-4).
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