Blessed are all who put their trust in Him. This is not a sentimental platitude—it is a declaration of the highest privilege and destiny available to man. Scripture does not merely promise escape from judgment; it proclaims that those who trust in Christ are destined to share in His very inheritance and glory.
"He who overcomes and keeps My works to the end, I will give power over the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron…even as I received from My Father."
—Revelation 2:26
Co-Heirs with Christ: The Uncompromising Promise
We are not called to be mere subjects in Christ’s kingdom. We are called to be co-heirs—sons of God as He is the Son. The inheritance Christ received from the Father is not withheld from those who are in Him. In resurrection, we will be conformed to His image. This is not a vague hope; it is the settled purpose of God, anchored in the finished work of Christ.
Christ is the Shepherd of the sheep, the Captain of our salvation, bringing many sons to glory. He will present us to the Father in His own likeness. This is not a secondary matter—it is the very heart of the New Covenant. To diminish this is to undermine the gospel itself.
If you imagine that salvation is merely about forgiveness and not about sonship and inheritance, you have missed the point. The promise is explicit: those who overcome and keep Christ’s works to the end will be given power over the nations and will rule with Him. This is not a reward for self-effort, but the outworking of our union with Christ, the true Overcomer.
The God Who Became Man—For Us
Do not allow yourself to grow numb to the staggering reality of the incarnation. Christ, who laid the foundation of the earth, is the very One whom the Father now says, “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.” (Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1). The unique emphasis of Hebrews is that He is a man—the very God who created all things, now glorified as the Son of Man.
He pre-existed His incarnation, yet He willingly condescended to partake of our weakness, meekness, and humanity. In doing so, He put on display the true character of God—meekness, compassion, mercy—qualities that no man could ever manufacture or ascend to on his own. We could not be like Him, so He became like us. This is not merely beautiful—it is essential. Without this, there is no hope, no inheritance, no conformity to His image.
What Is Lost If This Is Denied
If you reduce Christ to a mere example or strip Him of His dual nature as both God and man, you gut the gospel of its power. If you make inheritance contingent on your own performance rather than Christ’s finished work, you forfeit the very sonship and co-heirship that He secured. The error is not trivial—it is salvific. To deny that Christ became like us so that we might be made like Him is to reject the very means by which God brings many sons to glory.
The Only Ground for Confidence
Christ sits at the right hand of the Father, not as a distant deity, but as the glorified Son of Man—our representative, our Captain, our Shepherd. His authority is established, His victory is assured, and He shares all that He has received with those who trust in Him. This is the ground of our blessedness, the anchor of our hope, and the only basis for true meekness.
Do not settle for a gospel that leaves you outside the family, clutching at promises you can never attain. Trust in Christ, and know that your destiny is nothing less than conformity to His image, co-heirship in His kingdom, and participation in His glory.
For a deeper exploration of these truths, see Hebrews, a book for the church.
