Where Will CHRISTIANS RULE? - Raymond F McNair - December 1979

Raymond F McNair

Does God's Word promise heaven as the reward of the saved? Did Jesus say believers would waft off to heaven? What does God promise as the reward of the righteous - those who believe and obey Him? Does He promise heaven, limbo, purgatory - or will the "saved" inherit a paradise on the earth? Although millions of sincere people believe otherwise, the Bible says nothing about the saints going to heaven! God's Word declares: "The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men" (Psalms 115:16). And David was inspired to reveal that "those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth" (Psalms 37:9, 22). Furthermore, he said: "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace" (verse 11). Does this mean the meek will inherit the earth in this life? No, for it is often the proud, the arrogant, the wicked, the violent who inherit much of this earth during this age. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library