early inheritance

Psalm 16:6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes I have a good heritage.

 

Psalm 16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant lines; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

 

You have to wait until someone dies before you can receive an inheritance.  Yet the Psalmist reflects his gratitude for the inheritance he has received from the Lord.  What is this inheritance?  Who has died?

Two deaths have taken place that may be connected with our inheritance.  Our wonderful Saviour has died in our place to make it possible to inherit a living relationship with the God of Heaven and Earth.  And, interestingly, we have also died when we repented of our sin and placed our trust in Jesus.  You might say that we also are the heirs of countless believers who have lived and died before us and have faithfully passed the Gospel down to us.  We could not receive Heaven without first dying to an earth-bound existence and we could not know our Lord unless He had died in our place.  How amazing that we could know the one who has died to make that knowledge possible.

 

blessings,

Rob Smith