187. Seed Inherits the Mountain
Isaiah 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Jesus the Christ is the seed out of Jacob and the inheritor out of Judah. And all the elect (believers in Christ) will inherit it, and all believers will dwell there (in God’s holy mountain). God’s mountains are the kingdom of God, the Paradise of Eden, the dwelling place of God, the eternal heaven of God. The elect and the servants are the believers in Christ, the invisible Church. The seed out of Jacob is the Seed of the Woman who will be born out of Jacob’s line and become the Savior of the world. The inheritor out of Judah is the Descendant of Judah who will be the king and inheritor of the Paradise of God. The seed and inheritor is Jesus.
All people who believe in Jesus Christ are a part of the seed with Jesus. All believers share the inheritance Jesus earned for us; we are inheritors with Jesus of the Kingdom of God. “The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the Gospel.” Jesus announced the fulfillment of this prophecy; He made the promise come true for those who believe and follow Him.
As seed and inheritors of the Kingdom, we look forward to the full unveiling of the Kingdom of Glory into which we shall enter after the Judgment Day at the second coming of Jesus. But not only is the Kingdom a sure future; it is also a reality in the present. During this present Age the kingdom comes to us all the time. Jesus taught us to pray: “Thy kingdom come.” We enter into the kingdom every time we hear and believe the Gospel proclamation, receive Absolution, and partake Holy Communion. We may not see it or feel it, but we believe it because God says so. The Word of God shows us those wonderful, eternal, spiritual truths that we cannot see. The spiritual world is more real (if that is a word) than the physical world we do see. “The things that are unseen are eternal.”
Not only will we dwell there by sight on That Day. We dwell there now by faith. We take that promise by faith and we enjoy the presence of God wherever we are. We repent and believe the Gospel to enter into that invisible dwelling place of God.