92. Inheritance
Deuteronomy 4: 20, 21 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day….and that I should not go into that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
The promise of land is our inheritance. The kingdom of God is the inheritance of the people of God. Thus we are a people of inheritance. Moses confessed that he would not get to go into that good land, which the Lord gives you for an inheritance. From Genesis 12 and the covenant promise to Abraham and all the way through the OT the “Land” figures prominently in the Salvation Story. This thread follows through and comes out in the NT promise as the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is the inheritance that is given to us who believe in Jesus.
As “a people of inheritance” we have the inheritance as a seal and a pledge. The Holy Spirit seals the inheritance, the land, the kingdom in the heart of baptized believers, and it is guaranteed. The kingdom (land) is now a spiritual reality. After our own death and resurrection we will walk into the physical and tangible reality of the Kingdom of God, and it will be awesome. We wait eagerly for that redemption of our bodies to draw near, for the Resurrection Day, for the entrance of soul and body into the eternal Kingdom.
Meanwhile, as we wait we have eternal life in the spirit, the kingdom rule in the heart, the life of God connected to our earthly life. This invisible, spiritual aspect of the inheritance is ours today to live in and enjoy. Hebrews 11:13-16 says about believers: “They are seeking a homeland…they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one….God has prepared for them a city.” If we could see it now, or just get a glimpse, it would change our lives forever. Ah, but we have seen this inheritance in the Scriptures by faith, and this vision has changed our lives forever. We are heirs, heirs of a glorious paradise with God.