Commentaries:
In confirming the promises of eternal inheritance God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Romans 15:8), Christ always preached the gospel (Mark 1:14; Matthew 9:35)—the good news—of the Kingdom of God which is to occupy and govern the earth—the same earth that has been promised to Abraham and his heirs for an eternal inheritance.
Will You Go to Heaven?
In bringing a new message—the gospel—Jesus came to confirm the promises made to the fathers. But who were the fathers? And what are the promises made to them? Heaven? Purgatory? Your salvation depends on the answer! You read in Acts 3:13, in the inspired words of Peter: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus." The fathers, then, were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If you are Christ's—if you are a Christian—you are an heir to inherit—not what men might devise in their imaginations—you are an heir according to the promise! If you're an heir, you are going to inherit something. If you're an heir according to the promise, you are going to inherit whatever was promised—and not something else.
Herbert W. Armstrong (1892-1986)
What Is the Reward of the Saved?
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 9:35
Mark 1:14
Romans 15:8
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