Meek Isn't Mousy - Beatitudes of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount

Does Meek = Week? Or is it something entirely different? And what does it mean that the meek will inherit the earth. These are the teachings of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

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We often think of meekness as weakness. In this video, we look at the etymology of the word meekness, what Jesus meant by it, and it's context in the Old Testament, specifically Ps 37. It is interesting as it has great significance for our times.

It has been said that meekness is from a stallion, a war-horse, but is that true? If that's the case, where is the Greek literature to support that? So in dealing with this, we need to look at what we do have available.

Beyond that if we look at meekness in the context of Jesus' quote in Ps 37, we see that meekness has rich implications for today. Especially during these times.