That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.
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Evagrius Ponticus
AD 399
If those are “blessed who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” and at the same time the kingdom of heaven is the totality of the ideas of the things that have been and will come into being, then it follows that the persecuted are blessed because they have insight into the knowledge of created things. .
