Question: In the Beattitudes, who does Jesus say will inherit the earth?
Answer: The meek. (Matthew 5:5).
Comments: At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes nine statements known as the Beattitudes, from Latin beatus, meaning "blessed" or "happy". In thes statements Jesus names situations in which a person is blessed. They are couner-intuitive. In the third Beattituide, found only in Matthew, Jesus claims that the world is gained through meekness rather than self-assertion.
“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5, NASB)
In response to this famous verse, American humorist Kin Hubbard (1868-1930) jested, “It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.”
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