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“God…hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:1-2).
“According as He [God the Father] hath chosen us in Him [the Lord Jesus Christ] before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4).
God has purposed to do two things, and both of them were decided before the world was made. First of all, God has in His purposes to make His Son, the Lord Jesus, heir of all things. The Lord Jesus is going to receive an inheritance, and that inheritance will include all created things. But before He can take that inheritance, it has to be cleansed of all the effects of sin. That is part of the reason that the Lord Jesus suffered on Calvary’s cross—to make His inheritance fit for Him.
But more than this, God wants you and me, as Christians, to share that inheritance with His Son. You may remember that we had this second verse back in April, reminding us that God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. Before that inheritance existed, God chose us to share it with His Son. It is beyond our understanding, but it is true.
There is no need for us to spend time and energy trying to get more possessions in this world, for we are going to own it all with Christ when He takes His inheritance.
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