Psalm 16:6
6 The lines [chebel] are fallen [naphal] unto me in pleasant [na`iym]
places; yea, I have a goodly [shaphar]
heritage. [nachalah] KJV-Interlinear
6 The
lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to
me. NASB
Lines, ‘chebel,’ means
survey lines as when property or real-estate is surveyed and the property lines
are determined and established.
The psalm is referring to
an inheritance, and the lines are the dividing up and the determination of that
inheritance. It is not random, nor haphazard,
but is fixed and known.
The pleasant places,
means the choicest or best places.
Heaven is the best of the best, naturally.
The goodly heritage means
desirable.
Therefore, you as a
mature believer, have an inheritance in heaven and eternity, that has already
been determined. It is the best of the
best, and the most desirable of the desired.
Your inheritance is not second best, but prime and top of the line, and
you will be phenomenally happy with it. It
is set out specifically for you.
And not only that, but
there is one more aspect to your inheritance, and that is that land or
inheritance that will be up for grabs.
Fallen unto me, is a
reference to that which is determined by lot, or by chance. In some cases there will be inheritances that
will not be claimed.
In the future, we will
all stand before Christ to receive our evaluation and our reward. For those who advance to spiritual maturity,
the reward has been determined and will be presented by Christ to each mature
believer.
However, there will be
those who do not advance to spiritual maturity. It is those who do not see the importance of
doctrine, or to those who preferred their own definition of the spiritual life
and thus will lose out on their eternal reward.
And as such there will be unclaimed inheritances. Those unclaimed portions will be
redistributed to mature believers. Thus
giving them even more as an inheritance for their eternal reward.
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