What Does it Mean to Inherit the Earth ?
Jesus tells us this is what the meek are to receive.
What kind of reward or blessing is inheriting the earth anyway?
It’s the Promised Land; the one flowing with milk and honey. It’s sunlight, air, and water. It’s an earth that cooperates with men and women who humbly cooperate with God and each other.
These descriptions of a promised land flowing with milk and honey are the words Moses used to describe where he wanted to take the people he rescued from bondage in Egypt.
So what exactly does it describe?
Let’s break it down.
It is a peaceful land of abundance. It has a pure water supply and soil that can grow grasses plentiful enough to support livestock (milk) and flowers abundant and beautiful enough to support bees (honey).
Look at how this promised land is described in the Old Testament book of Isaiah later in the history of the Jewish people.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together, that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Isaiah 41:17-20 (ESV)
So let’s start being proudly meek, ladies and gentlemen, in the best sense of this word.
Also know, if you choose this path to walk, it will lead you into an unimaginably beautiful world. It’s our inheritance.
