Believers are “heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ,” Rom. 8:17. Not only do they receive forgiveness of sins, but an inheritance as well, Acts 26:18. This is in contrast with the inheritance of Israel, which the OT identifies some scores of times as the land of Palestine, Ex. 32:13; Isa. 60:21.
The Christian’s inheritance is said to be in Christ, Eph. 1:11, and “in light,” Col. 1:12. We are made fit for it by God the Father, Col. 1:12. The earnest or guarantee that we shall receive it is the Holy Spirit who, in the moment we are saved, seals us unto the day of redemption, Eph. 1:14.
Believers are given their inheritance by reason of the fact that they have been born again into the family of God. It is described in brief but astonishing terms in 1 Pet. 1:3, 4. It is incorruptible, or beyond the reach of decay and ruin. It is undefiled, or beyond the reach of sin. It does not fade away, which puts it beyond the reach of time and change. It is reserved for us in heaven, so that it is beyond the reach of loss.
Not only is our inheritance kept safely for us, but Scripture reveals that we who are to receive it are kept by the power of God until it becomes ours in the last time, 1 Pet. 1:5,
William Evans, The Great Doctrines of the Bible, (Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Assoc., 1912), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 299-300.
AMEN & AMEN.