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1 Peter 1:4
4 To [eis] an inheritance [kleronomia] incorruptible [aphthartos], and [kai] undefiled [amiantos], and [kai] that fadeth not away [amarantos], reserved [tereo] in [en] heaven [ouranos] for [eis] you [humas], KJV-Interlinear
4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, NASB
The Bible is not short on verses related to our eternal inheritance – Matt. 19:29; 25:34; Mark 10:17; Heb. 6:12; Rev. 21:7; Eph. 1:11; 5:5; Col. 1:12; 3:24; Rom. 8:17; Gal. 3:29.
Everyone has a destiny. Unbelievers have a destiny with the Lake of Fire. Believers have a destiny with God in heaven.
But believers have more than just a new home, they (we) have an inheritance. And an inheritance is something that we will own, possess, and have all to ourselves, forever, and ever.
Today in this world, you can own something and then have it taken away for debts, for taxes, for just about anything. But in heaven, your inheritance will be yours permanently and forever.
There won’t be any government trying to take what you have. There won’t be politicians trying to redistribute what you have, to others. There won’t be any bureaucrats trying to finagle loan rules for those who can’t afford a loan, looking the other way when the rules are disregarded, taking perks from the loan institutions, and then blaming all of the trouble on the ‘natural’ forces of the market, as well as blaming everyone else. And then trying to fix it all by engineering the greatest government giveaway in history, all the while wanting to create huge bureaucracies, and run it all.
I presume that you have been watching the news lately, and that you can see through the huge power grab attempts being made by several extremely liberal politicians, at our expense. To create a problem, ignore the problem, and then blame it all on others, while trying to fix everything in such a way as to increase their powers and authorities, is the quintessence of power lust. Such people are an extreme danger to us all.
But anyway, we live in this world for a very short time. We study our doctrine and we get by as best we can, with God help, all the while evil tries to destroy everything around us, in its pursuit of power and authority.
But one day we will go to heaven, and there all of the shenanigans of this world will cease to exist.
There is but one reason that we will enjoy this inheritance, and that reason is because of Christ and the Cross, which He endured in our behalf.
Our heavenly inheritance will be ours, and ours alone. It will be a possession that is permanent, unlike the temporary possessions we have in this world. And, our inheritance will never be taken away from us, by anyone.
So, if you have long wanted a vast estate, and a dynasty of your very own, then doctrine is your path to such a noble (undefiled) and certain goal.
