Do the Beatitudes apply to the church age or to the future Kingdom?
The Beatitudes do not apply to the church age; they are the very Constitution of the future Kingdom over which Christ will rule. They are a good moral target but do not fit church doctrine, like a square peg in a round hole. They belong perfectly in the Kingdom.
Les explains that the Beatitudes—"blessed are the poor" and "blessed are the meek"—are the very Constitution of the future Kingdom over which Christ will rule. He notes they do not fit the church age, though they serve as a good moral target. You cannot bring them into church doctrine and make sense of them; they are like a square peg in a round hole. But they fit perfectly in the Kingdom, and that is exactly where they belong. In that Kingdom, Christ will rule with righteousness, reprove with equity for the meek, and no unbelievers shall enter.