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NASB | Matthew 5:5 ¶ "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:5 ¶ "Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth. [Ps 37:11] |
Subject: Who "inherit the earth"? |
Bible Note: Hello Stokey Rev. 21:1 (ESV) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. New heaven and new earth. First heaven and earth pass away. That's what it says. It would have been natural for Solomon to say the earth remains forever. First, the book of Ecclesiastes is written from the perspective of someone who has lost sight of heaven. Second, Solomon did not have the final prophetic word to know that the earth would be done away with, so he would not have mentioned it. Steve |