But did not Jesus himself say that the rich are cursed or "woeful" while the poor are blessed? Certainly he did, and in so doing he gave one of the most important applications of his often repeated principle that the first (in human judgement) shall be last (in God's view) and the last (in human judgement) shall be first (in God's).
But what this means can be understood only if we understand the manner in which he taught, which is the same for all teachers who have any real power to guide life. Jesus' teaching does not lay out safe generalizations by which we can engineer a happy life. Instead it is designed to startle us out of our prejudices and direct us into a new way of thinking and acting. It's designed to open us up to experience the reign of God right where we are, initiating an unpredictable process of personal growth in vivid fellowship with him.
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