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To make sure we are in the mind of Jesus, the apostles, and the Jews; when you say "the meek shall inherit the earth (matt 5:5)" where exactly do you think that is coming from?
I'm skipping some verse but read all of Psalm 37:
Psalm 37
9 For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,(Quoted by Jesus Matt 5:5)
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Inheritance of the Promised land:
The promise made to the Fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), Gen 12:7, 13:14, 15:18, 17:1-22, 27:4, 28:13, 35:12
As the NT points out, the promise of the Jews, the promise of the fathers, the promise to the Son, the promise to all those who put their faith in the Son would be an inheritance in that PROMISE that God made to THE FATHERS via a resurrection(Gal 3:16-20); not fluffy celestial place in another realm that people call "heaven" where their ghost fly's to.
Psalm 2:6-9 LXX
6 But I have been made King by Him, on Sion His holy mountain, 7 declaring the ordinance of the Lord. The Lord said to Me: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You. 8 Ask of me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the Land for Your possession. 9 You shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; You shall shatter them like a potter's vessel.”
Psalm 2 quoted in the New Testament:
Psalm 2:1, 2 Acts 4:25, 26
Psalm 2:7 Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5 ; 5:5
Psalm 2:8, 9 Revelation 2:26, 27; 12:5; 19:15
Psalm 16:5-11 LXX
5 "The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me. 6 The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.
Psalm 16 quoted by Peter Acts 2:25-33 saying it refers to Christ.
Psalm 37:34
Proverbs 2:22
Proverbs 10:30
Isaiah 11:1-6, 9-16 1
Isaiah 61:1-7 LXX (Quoted by Jesus: Matt 3:16-17, 11:5 Luke 4:18-19, 7:22)
Isa 60:19-21 NKJV
21 Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
Isaiah 65:9,17 LXX
9 And I will lead forth the Seed from Jacob and Judah, and He shall inherit My holy mountain, and My chosen ones and My servants shall inherit it, and they shall dwell there. ... (Is. 25:8, 35:10, 51:11, 65:19, 1 Corth 15:26, Rev 21:4).
Dan 12:1-13 NKJV
13 "But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days."
Acts 7 NKJV, Did Abraham receive THE PROMISE made to him by God, NO!
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on.
Acts 13:32
32 And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers.
Acts 23:6
6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
Acts 26:6-8 NKJV
6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. 7 To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain.
Acts 28:20
20 For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
Rom. 8:16-25 NKJV
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Romans 9:1-9
to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. . .
” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
Romans 15:4-13
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the [a]patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have the hope. . .
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a [c]servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
Gal 3:16-18-29 NKJV
16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. . .
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Eph 2:8-13, 3:6
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
Hebrews 6:12-18
12 that you do not become [a]sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, . . . 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, [c]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [d]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we [e]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
Heb 11:13, 39
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off [e]were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
