@article{CRSIJ26000058,
                  author = {Oluwatoba Rotimi Paul, Alamu Samuel Sunday, Atowoju Ayodele},
                  title = {The Ethical and Eschatological Dimensions of Jesus’ Beatitudes },
                  journal = {Cosmo Research and Science International Journal},
                  year = {2025},
                  volume = {1},
                  number = {4},
                  pages = {10-21},
                  issn = {3108-1584},
                  url = {https://cosmorsij.com/published/CRSIJ26000058.pdf},
                  abstract = {This study examines the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–11) through contextual and textual biblical hermeneutics in order to demonstrate the intrinsic relationship between Jesus’ ethics and eschatology. It responds to the interpretive legacy of nineteenth-century liberal theology, which tended to separate ethical instruction from eschatological expectation in the teaching of Jesus. By highlighting the ethical imperatives and eschatological promises embedded in the Beatitudes, the study derives key socio-moral constructs that function as spiritual empowerment for Christian formation, leadership, and engagement within both ecclesial and secular contexts. It argues that the Beatitudes simultaneously provide moral direction for present Christian living within the realized kingdom of God and inspire eschatological hope in the future consummation of that kingdom. Thus, the Beatitudes serve as an enduring ethical framework and eschatological motivation for the Church’s witness, perseverance, and moral integrity in an end-time context.},
                  keywords = {Beatitudes, Christian Ethics, Eschatology, Sermon on the Mount, Kingdom of God},
                  month = {January}
        }