Inheritance is the act of passing on assets to another individual or set of individuals at the time of the owner’s death. Even though an inheritance is initiated with the passing on of a loved one, overall the word typically does not carry a negative connotation. Items inherited can be family heirlooms, passed down through generations, cars, houses, and investments. In addition to assets, debts and obligations can also be inherited and more often than not, these types of inheritances are unwelcomed.
However, there is one type of inheritance that I am looking forward to!
1 Peter 1:3-6 says:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
I’m sure we’ve all seen stories growing up of a family member who inherited a great fortune out of the blue from a rich uncle or cousin they barely knew. I’ve seen various stories based on that idea and I’ll admit, I’ve often day dreamed of what it would be like to one day receive such a notification of a fortune just waiting for me.
Well, according to 1 Peter, I do have an inheritance waiting for me! It isn’t coming from some rich distant cousin that I never knew, but it is stored up by my Heavenly Father! How awesome is that!
There will be no need for a lawyer to execute the will. It has already been established. There will be no jealous family members to contend with, because everyone that is part this family will receive their share. I won’t have to worry about someone taking it away from me. It has been divinely assigned to me!
This heavenly inheritance is incorruptible
Nothing can destroy it nor harm it!
Just the same, we will be incorruptible:
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. -Cor. 15:52
The heavenly inheritance is undefiled
It can’t be tainted! Heaven is a place that is free from sin and we won’t have to deal with the troubles of this life that may follow earthly inheritances.
The heavenly inheritance will not fade away
The glory of heaven will not diminish over time. Earthly possessions will eventually erode, decay, or somehow lose their value. As time passes so does the risk of loss value. This is not so with our heavenly inheritance. It is eternal.
It is reserved specifically for YOU (and me)
There will be no fighting over this inheritance. This inheritance is waiting for those “who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation”. There is a “piece” of heaven carved out for you:
My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:2-3
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. Phil. 3:20-21
While an earthly inheritance is nice. I am content that there is a greater inheritance waiting for me!
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