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<blockquote data-quote="Sasi" data-source="post: 2757484" data-attributes="member: 295824">Who did Jesus say that to?Jewish people who were listening to his sermon on the mount.There were no Gentiles present - it was a Jewish audience, who would know the promises of God from Moses&#039; time onwards, that if they kept the covenant, God would bless them with the promised land.What was the Hebrew word translated into English as &#039;earth&#039;?It is a word that is equally translated &#039;land&#039;.Psalm 37:3 confirms this: &quot;Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture&quot;&quot;But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.&quot; vs 11&quot;Those the Lord blesses will inherit the land but those he curses will be cut off.&quot; vss 21-22&quot;Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land for ever.&quot; vs 27Jesus was affirming the promises for the covenant people of God - keep their side of their covenant obligations, and God would keep them in the promised land and prosper them.The flip side of that was the covenant curses for those who were not humble before their God - he would turf them out of the land. And that&#039;s what happened in AD 70, as Jesus warned, prophetically (see Matthew 24).However, the covenant people of God - Israel - are in an everlasting covenant, and God will yet restore them to the land and bless those who are humble and meek in walking obediently in his ways. That will require divine intervention first, as more prophecies show, but once God has dealt with the wicked, there will be a transformation on earth the likes of which nobody has ever seen.Just remember the restrictions of Matthew 5:5 - spoken to the Jewish people in the Mosaic covenant. But it&#039;s an eternal covenant that will yet be fulfilled - God&#039;s timing, though - not our paltry view of time!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sasi, post: 2757484, member: 295824"] Who did Jesus say that to? Jewish people who were listening to his sermon on the mount. There were no Gentiles present - it was a Jewish audience, who would know the promises of God from Moses' time onwards, that if they kept the covenant, God would bless them with the promised land. What was the Hebrew word translated into English as 'earth'? It is a word that is equally translated 'land'. Psalm 37:3 confirms this: "Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture" "But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace." vs 11 "Those the Lord blesses will inherit the land but those he curses will be cut off." vss 21-22 "Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land for ever." vs 27 Jesus was affirming the promises for the covenant people of God - keep their side of their covenant obligations, and God would keep them in the promised land and prosper them. The flip side of that was the covenant curses for those who were not humble before their God - he would turf them out of the land. And that's what happened in AD 70, as Jesus warned, prophetically (see Matthew 24). However, the covenant people of God - Israel - are in an everlasting covenant, and God will yet restore them to the land and bless those who are humble and meek in walking obediently in his ways. That will require divine intervention first, as more prophecies show, but once God has dealt with the wicked, there will be a transformation on earth the likes of which nobody has ever seen. Just remember the restrictions of Matthew 5:5 - spoken to the Jewish people in the Mosaic covenant. But it's an eternal covenant that will yet be fulfilled - God's timing, though - not our paltry view of time! [/QUOTE]

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