Thank you,
@VictoryinJesus,
However, with respect, this concerns Israel as a nation, when reconciled, in accordance with the promises made to the Fathers which Christ came to confirm. It does not refer to the Church which is the Body of Christ, which is a spiritual company, and whose promises and inheritance await them in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Praise God!
In Christ Jesus
Chris
Charity, I value your input and certainty do not mean I’m right and you are wrong. It could be you are right. In regards to whose spiritual inheritance awaits them(us) in heaven...we have an inheritance now. It is children born of light.
Isaiah 63:14-16
[14] As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make
thyself a glorious name. [15] Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the
sounding of thy bowels and of
thy mercies toward me? are they
restrained? [16] Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord , art our father, our redeemer;
thy name is from everlasting.
Philippians 2:1
[1] If there be therefore any consolation
in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
His name is everlasting. An heritage that does not end while the wicked name perishes. His continues. That is what we are really discussing here. Does His name continue throughout the old and New Testament? His great namesake...is but One(His body). Psalm 127:3 Lo,
children are an heritage of the Lord : and
the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalm 61:5-7
[5] For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast
given me the heritage of
those that fear thy name. [6] Thou wilt
prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. [7] He shall abide before God for ever: O
prepare mercy and truth, which may
preserve him.
“...which may preserve him.” Into an everlasting glorious name. Isaiah 9:6
[6] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
John 10:10-11
[10] The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly. [11] I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Life abundantly. Rather than death abundant. A flourishing of life. Rather than a flourishing of death. Life in abundance(children) which may preserve Him. Life in abundance; increase of God’s house.
The portion of the wicked: Job 20:28-29
[28] The
increase of
his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. [29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. —which perishes.