Peter
and the Hevenly Inheritance
by
Pastor Ricky Kurth
“How could Peter
say to the Jews that their inheritance is reserved for them in heaven (I Peter
1:4) if their hope is earthly?”
When the disciples
thought “that the kingdom of God should immediately appear (Luke 19:11), the
Lord told a parable. The “certain nobleman” (v. 12) represents the Lord
Himself, who went to the “far country” of heaven at His ascension (Acts 1:9)
“to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.” This means that the kingdom
that will eventually be established for Israel on earth was reserved for them
in heaven at that time.
Before leaving,
the nobleman charged his servants with conducting his business while he was
gone (v. 13), a picture of how the Lord left His disciples in charge of His
ministry after He left. But after the “citizens” of Israel killed the Lord,
they “sent a message after Him” (v. 14) by killing Stephen, a message that
said, “We will not have this man to reign over us.”
When the nobleman
“was returned, having received the kingdom” (v. 15), he gathered his servants
to reward them according to their faithfulness (vv. 15-27). This speaks of how,
when the Lord returns to the earth, He will return with the kingdom that is
currently “reserved in heaven” for Israel, and He will award positions in the
government of the kingdom to faithful Jews at that time.
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