About the Sermon on the Mount

Translation of a section from "Het is Mogelijk"(It is Possible), a preliminary exercise and preparatory study for the Gospel of Thomas, 
Some 2000 years ago, in a society as chaotic and unrighteous as now, when employees were called slaves, and people slaughtered each other with lance, bow and arrow, instead of bombs and rockets as in this era, there were people who loosed themselves from society. They no longer wanted to play those crazy and complicated power-plays which only produced victims. Like the Preacher says: "There is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt". And it's still the same. They turned back to the simplicity of only being men, and tried to show others you can never stop power by using power. But they obtained no hearers of those in authority, the men in control, powered by weapons, knowledge or money. For that reason they wrote a lampoon, nowadays known as The Sermon on the Mount. They had found out in their struggle with the established priesthood, it would not be they but especially the slaves, the poor, the underdogs, the oppressed, the losers, the loners, the illiterate and so the children who are all of that, who would be accessible to them in hearing their joyful message for the foundation of a world of freedom, equality and fraternity, wherein no man would rule over another. In that time they were convinced of the idea they could turn people around and for them the new world was in sight. A world of whole, righteous, honest men; a community of holy ones spread across the whole world.
For that reason it is written: 

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".

And really not: blessed are the learned, the know-betters, the illiterate and all those who have filled their heads with their self-constructed theories, convictions and other forms of knowledge. Unless they empty their heads, they never will understand this pronouncement; those who think all men are equal but they are convinced they are more equal than others.
 

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted".

And not: blessed are they who conceal their tears, who convince themselves they are happy, although they know better, those who blame their misery on others or their circumstances,  those who resign themselves to their fate, because they are convinced pain, sorrow and illness belong to life, and those who think there are so many good things in society. They talk about freedom, happiness and health and don't know what they are talking about.
And not: blessed are they who vindicate their own rights: the fighter, the strong, the mighty, the aggressive, the ruler; those who use knowledge like power, the eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth thinkers who call war peace. And that is the world we live in. It is a world upside-down. 
 

"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled".

And not: Blessed are the egoists, the servants of their self-interests, the maintainers of the gap between the rich and the poor, those who have their parties while the world is burning and the poor croak everywhere, those who are out for their own honour and vanity.

"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy".

And not: blessed are they who let their left hand know what their right hand does, the rich who present from their luxury, alms to the poor in order to quiet their conscience, the helpers who need the victimization and misery of others to boost their self-respect

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God".

And not: blessed are they who wash their dirty hands in innocence, who ignore their dark side, who don't extinguish their dishonesty, the self-deceivers, the followers of their heads and passions.

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God".

And not: blessed are the compromise-makers, who commit themselves to compromising with every compromise, the armed peace-makers, the defenders of the status quo, who don't defend life, but properties, traditions, convictions and self-interest.

"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their is the kingdom of heaven".

And not: blessed are they who are persecuted for their faith, convictions, self-conceit, traditions or other luggage they cherish in their brains.

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall speak all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake".

And not: Blessed are you if you are esteemed by society, whether the establishment or your own group, for your achievements, intellectual luggage, vanity and creations.
Fundamentally, this society is very comparable to the chaotic situation of that time. In that time the simple ones proclaimed the good tidings. Nowadays, it is the rich, the complicated theologians and other clergies, who vainly try to understand the meaning and don't realize they have to stay deaf in order to hear it, because they are part of the problem. They are all like the young man in Matthew 19:16.

To be or not to be; that is the question