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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/17/2001 7:45 pm  
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Inheritance 
Kleronomeo (2816) Kleros - portion; Nome - give out; ie. stream, river torrent; receive a possession as it has flowed to you from another source, specifically an abode, dwelling, house, including land and pasture. 
Verses - Exe 23:30 Psalm 37:11 Matt 5:5, 25:34 1Cor 15:50 Heb 6:12 Rev 21:7
First Use: Genesis 15:6,7 And he (Abraham) believed in the LORD; and He (God) counted it to him for righteousness. And He said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Genesis 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him (Jacob), Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers house?

Colossians 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord (owner) Christ.

1Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.

Inheritance is to receive from the labors of the father; the father gives (wills) his possession to the sons. While the son is a child he does not make the decisions regarding the estate of the father. Once the child receives the inheritance from the father the son now operates his share of the estate according to his intentions. 

Inheritance is a part of the birthright. First a person is born into a family, and then as a family member he is eligible to receive an inheritance. If the person were not a family member they would be receiving a gift and not an inheritance. In the family of God, a person is spiritually born in the likeness of God the Father into the family of God. When a person is born again Spiritually into the family of God, they become a child (Teknon, 5043) of God. A child is a member of the family bearing the resemblance of the father; a child that is promised an inheritance becomes a son (Huios, 5207) and in the future will receive sonship and the inheritance that accompanies sonship. John 1:12 But as many as receive Him (Jesus), to them gave He power to become the sons (children, Teknon) of God, even to them that believe on His name.

1John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons (children, Teknon) of God: therefore the world knew us not, because it knew Him not.

1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons (children, Teknon) of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.

Galatians 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons (sons, Huios).

The Bible often calls children, sons. This is looking forward to our being in the presence of God and receiving an inheritance from God. The parable about the lost son in the book of Luke 15:11-32, the father calls his two children sons; since they are both his children and they will both receive an inheritance from the father. The younger son insists that the father give him his inheritance, his sonship, the father always intending to give sonship to the sons gives the younger son his inheritance. Later when the younger son returns and is warmly treated by the father the older son becomes upset. Luke 15:30,31 But as soon as this thy son (Huios) was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he (father) said unto him, Son (child, Teknon), thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. The father while comforting his son is telling him that actually he was still a child in inheritance status and that one day in sonship he would receive everything that the loving father had.

Inheritance has with it the understanding that the inheritance is a gift; there is no labor or wages associated with the inheritance. The Biblical example of inheritance is when the Jews, the children of God were brought out of Egypt, they then proceeded to the promise land which was their inheritance. Their inheritance the promise land was already built up. The Hebrews lived in the houses that were there, drank from existing wells, and ate from fields planted by others. Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not, and houses full of good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; Also in the New Testament Jesus talks about the true promise land, heaven. John 14:2 In My Fathers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.






David A. Brown
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