- Heritage of Heathen
Psalm 111:6
He hath shewed his people the power of his works,
That he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
The Promise given here is that the people of God, the believers in Christ, the Church will receive the heritage that the unbelievers had lost. Unbelievers presently enjoy an inheritance on the earth but it is temporary and fading. No matter how much of this world’s goods, lands, money, and power any person has he will one day give it all up to be destroyed and the kingdom of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord.
Then the believers will be given an inheritance that is “imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.” The poor shall inherit the earth: the believer may have nothing at all in this life on earth, but his inheritance in heaven is unbelievably rich; the heathen may have much during this life on earth, but he will lose it all and the children of God will enjoy the heritage of the Lord forever.
This promise touches on the Great Reversal, which occupies so much of the Bible. The people of God must therefore be patient and wait for the promises to work out in time and in eternity. Faith and Hope makes the future promise a present reality, and by faith we live in the spiritual kingdom of God which is eternal in the heavenly places. By faith we are as rich as can be.