'The poor in Luke [4:18] are not merely those who are financially deprived. Financial deprivation may be in view, but that is not the fundamental meaning of “poor” for Luke. The poor are those who are deprived of covenant promise-fulfillment.
'They are God’s faithful people who have longed for the kingdom of heaven, for God to arrange everything under the lordship of his Son, to enact his righteousness upon the earth. Since the time of Adam, they have been deprived of this.
'They are those who suffer under the tyranny of sin and Satan, whose rule is embodied in the present world rulers who exalt the wicked and condemn the righteous.
'Jesus hasn’t come to be the equivalent of today’s caricatured Social Justice Warrior who wants to take from the rich and give to the poor in a simple monetary transfer. Jesus has come to bring true social justice that destroys the power behind all tyranny that exalts the wicked and oppresses the righteous.
'The good news is that God’s faithful people who are currently deprived of their rights as God’s faithful ones will be exalted over the wicked.'
-- Bill Smith "Total Salvation"
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