August 16, 2025 4:00 am
The concept of inheritance in the Bible is explored, highlighting the futility of relying on earthly estates and the significance of children as a material blessing that can share in our eternal inheritance. The promise of an eternal inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled, is discussed, and the Lord Jesus is revealed as the portion of our inheritance, appointed heir of all things.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Inheritance in our father's house. And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Genesis 31, 14. This is the first mention of the word inheritance in the Bible, and appropriately enough, its theme is the futility of basing one's future plans on the hope of any earthly estate.
No earthly inheritance could ever compare with the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Ephesians 1.18. With one exception. One heritage that the Lord does grant in this life, lo, children are inheritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127, 3.
This promise no doubt applies to spiritual as well as physical children, but nowhere else in Scripture does God promise any kind of material inheritance to his loved ones. The reason for this exception is that the only material blessing capable of sharing our eternal inheritance is our children when we lead them to Christ. Our real inheritance is called an eternal inheritance, an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and a glorious inheritance. In one of the great messianic Psalms, the Lord Jesus, as the sin-bearing, suffering Son of Man, testifies as follows, The Lord is the portion of my inheritance. The lines, that is, the surveying lines, bound his lot, are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalm 16, 5-6. In fact, he has been Appointed heir of all things. We are sometimes better off with little or no earthly inheritance, but when we are born again through receiving the saving death and life of Christ, we become children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. In Christ, the Lord also becomes the portion of our inheritance. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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