The "poor in spirit" of verse three refers to those who realize that they do not possess enough spirit to get them to heaven. These are the ones who repent of having a sinful spirit and humbly call on God to give them His perfect Spirit so that they can go to heaven.
Jesus taught in verse seven that whosoever displays mercy will obtain mercy. This verse applies to anyone, not just Christian believers. Any mercy that has ever been displayed by anyone will either gain rewards for Christian believers in heaven or be recovered by God to be used in His recreation of a new race of men to live on His recreated earth.
The "pure in heart" of verse eight can only refer to Christian believers since only God can purify and recreate the sinful souls and spirits of men.
Verses 10-12 can only refer to Christian believers because only Christians have been persecuted for the cause of Christ.
In verses 25-26, Jesus taught that God's purpose for hell is to use it to separate man's goodness which God put into him from his total evil put into him by Satan. God will recover all of His goodness in man to be recreated, and He will consign man's total evil to the lake of fire forever. Christ is the adversary of sin, and those who agree with Him that they need His salvation will be spared from the "prison" which symbolizes hell. Those who do not agree with Christ that they are sinners in need of His salvation, God will judge them to be cast into hell. But God will use the fires of hell to separate His goodness that He put into them from their rebellious evil which He will cast into the lake of fire. For this reason, God will judge only the dead who are totally evil at the Great White Throne Judgment. At that time, God will have already separated all His goodness from all their deadness. God will recreate their recovered goodness into new men to live on His recreated earth, and God will cast their deadness into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-5; Revelation 21:8.
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