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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:3-4).
The children of Israel had an actual inheritance of land in Canaan, but because of their sinful ways God allowed them to lose it temporarily. But now we who know the Lord Jesus have an inheritance that we can never lose. The inheritance is not heaven, but is all created things, and we will share it with the Lord Jesus in a coming day. It is reserved in heaven, which means nothing in this world can change God’s mind about it.
In my lifetime I have known several families who fought over an inheritance, because some thought they did not get their fair share. Once my wife and I were promised part of an inheritance, yet found out that the money allotted to us had been spent by the person before she died. So, we did not get anything! But nothing can spoil or change our eternal inheritance, for it is based on the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. When He receives that inheritance, we will share it all with Him! How much better that will be than any earthly inheritance, and no one will ever take it away from us!
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