Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College & Dallas Seminary graduate, Pentair

His seed shall inherit the earth. God remembers Isaac for the sake of Abraham, and Jacob for the sake of Isaac. Good men's sons have a goodly portion to begin the world with, but many of them, alas! Turn a father's blessing into a curse. The promise is not broken because in some instances men willfully refuse to receive it; moreover, it is in its spiritual meaning that it now holds good; our spiritual seed do inherit all that was meant by "the earth," or Canaan; they receive the blessing of the new covenant. May the Lord make us the joyful parents of many spiritual children, and we shall have no fears about their maintenance, for the Lord will make each one of them princes in all the earth.

--Spurgeon

Also, “’inherit the land’ means that ‘unlike the wicked, who will perish (Psalm 1:6), the godly have a secure future. In the end, God will bless them, and their blessings will endure (Psalm 37:9, 11, 22, 29, 34; Isaiah 57:13; Matthew 5:5)’” – NLT PARALLEL STUDY BIBLE, page 929.

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Jeffrey Johnson Supporter

In Psalms 25, what does it mean when it says, "His offspring will inherit the land"?

This quote is from Psalm 25:13 in the Bible (King James Version), which promises that those who fear or revere God will live in peace, prosperity, and spiritual contentment, with their descendants thriving and inheriting the land. It highlights a blessing of lasting peace and a secure legacy for the righteous.

These promises call to mind what the Lord commanded the people of Israel, "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you" (Exodus 20:12). In Deuteronomy 4:1–14 the Lord promised that those who kept His covenant would receive blessing and the privilege of passing along the covenant promises to the next generation. While the literal promises of physical land were meant only for the nation of Israel, the implications of that idea carry on for all Christians. This is a recurring theme in the fourth chapter of Hebrews.

A Psalm of David.

David's words also revealed what life would be like in King Solomon's day. When Solomon ruled Israel, God's people enjoyed special peace and prosperity in a land "flowing with milk and honey." God had said: "If you continue walking in my statutes..., I will put peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one making you afraid." (Lev. 20:24; 26:3, 6) Those promises came true during Solomon's reign. 

Psalm 25:13 emphasises that true prosperity is found in a close relationship with God, leading to peace of soul and a lasting spiritual legacy.

Originally, this promise referred to the land of Canaan, as a promise connected with obeying the law of God (Exodus 20:12).

Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible says:

"And his seed shall inherit the earth; that is, those who tread in the same steps, and fear the Lord as he does; these shall possess the good things of this world, which is theirs, comfortably, as their Father's gift, as covenant mercies, and in love; though it may be but a small portion that they have of them; or rather they shall inherit the new heavens and earth, wherein will dwell only righteous persons, meek ones, and such as fear the Lord,"

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Daniel Veler Supporter

Your question: in Psalms 25, what does it mean when it says, "His offspring will inherit the land"?

I did not find what you’re asking in Psalms 25, but I did find in chapter Psalms 37 the following:

“The righteous shall inherit the land,
and dwell therein for ever.”

To comprehend the meaning of the phrase “the righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever,” it is essential to understand the promise that God made to Abraham.

After God revealed a land and a city to Abraham, He declared that Abraham would receive it as an everlasting possession. For it to be an everlasting possession, it must have no end. 

But Abraham did not understand what God meant. So he set out in search of what God had sown him. 

In the book of Hebrews, it’s clearly explained that if Abraham had comprehended that God was referring to a heavenly country, he wouldn’t have embarked on a quest to find it but would have waited for the time to come into it.

The following explains the promise and how it was referring to a heavenly country, which we now understand through scriptures it was referring to a new earth as seen in the last chapter of Revelation.

Hebrews 11:8: “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”

Then we read the following.

Hebrews 11:13: “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”

Whenever scriptures speak of forever, it cannot be referring to this earth because of what has been written. 

Peter wrote the following concerning the heaven and earth that we now occupy.

2 Peter 3:10: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

Then we actually see this event taking place at the end of the 1000-year reign.

Revelation 20:9 “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.”

Then read the following. 

Revelation 20:11: “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.”

So you can see this earth is not forever. 

The promise was referring to an everlasting promised land. This is the new earth that God has prepared for us as an everlasting possession.

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