LUKE, CHAPTER 6
20* And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,*
for the kingdom of God is yours.
my question is why??? if you are productive, educated, show initiative, you won't be poor....get off your ass, do something, anything profitable, and you won't be poor..
Go ahead and read it that way, but that is not what it means. It speaks to spiritual poverty, not material poverty. There is no special blessing in being destitute. The spiritually poor are the richest people in the world, regardless of their material condition.