In the framework of the Old Testament, an inheritance is what sons received when their father died. An inheritance was never earned but freely given from fathers to sons (Proverbs 13:22). More specifically, God promised to give to his covenant people the Promised Land as their inheritance (Deuteronomy 12:9–11; Psalm 105:9–11). In New Testament terms the inheritance God promises is the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9) with its wealth of being kings with Christ and residents of the New Earth (Revelation 21:7), a gift that comes to God’s children through Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:12–13). This is the broad and exciting perspective on reality that is characteristic of life outside the this-worldly womb. Talk about opportunity to grow, a privilege to be alive!
4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,