When exactly are the meek supposed to inherit the earth?

Factual Questions
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Inspired by this Eddie Izzard clip on the Bible: - YouTube

What time-frame did Jesus and/or the original authors of the Bible have in mind here? Was it all a metaphor for the Kingdom of Heaven? if so, why does it specify the earth? Most of the other Beatitudes seem to imply a reward in the world to come, but not this one. No sirree.

Perhaps it’s a lesson on how to live. Or, maybe people really did believe at some point that the meek were supposed to eventually get in charge. If so, they aren’t doing a very good job at it so far. On account of, well, their meekness.

Thoughts?

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Soon. Generous tithes will hasten the process.

Joke aside, one could argue it has already happened in the West, where the meek (the proles, the Third Estate, the plebs, the rabble, voters) decides who runs the show and slavery & serfdom have both been abolished entirely along with privileges for the non-meek.
The meek are still getting fucked left and right of course, but hey, Jesus didn’t say the meek would inherit a *perfect *Earth, did he ?

Could also be he meant “We Jews will have our country back, even though right now giving the Legion an ass-kicking doesn’t have good odds”, which sort of happened too.

Or it could just have been one of those crazy things people say when they’re rousing the rabble, drunk on the cheering, and have an “Did I say that ?!” the morning after.

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In general the beatitudes are interpreted to be about eternity. So the meek inheriting the earth will take place after the Last Judgement.

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Just after the bold go to the stars.

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Probably after Jesus returns. Back in the time around his death and resurrection, his followers expected that would be within a week or two. They’re estimates were off a bit; your estimates, or mine, probably have a similar chance of proving correct.

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They do, regularly, and right on schedule. Very small plots, though.

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Here is one answer: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2213#comic.

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Dude, I already inherited mine! Didn’t you get the memo?

Where’ve you been? Hiding behind a rock?

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We killed Jesus and we got a whole freaking country. What did you get? :stuck_out_tongue:

//joke. Sorry, feeling over Jewwed lately. And religious threads are everywhere here.

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Good for them, cause they have a hell of a time.

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First, they have to hire a Marshal to evict the aggressive.

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I believe the “meek” are the insects, parasites, and other such resilient little creatures.

And soon.

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Really smart reading. Reminds me of the quote “There were giants in the earth in those days” in Genesis being understood as a reference to dinosaurs.

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Jesus was probably either a preacher for the lower classes (e.g. Marxist) or he believed that the world was going to end within the lifetime of the people of his day. In either case, his position was that anything much more than is needed to survive is selfish and sinful (which is, as a philosophical position fairly accurate, though stupid IMHO) and that we should all be charitable up to that point exactly. It’s only a question of whether his position was so gung-ho, “Give away everything you have and live as a poor, humble, beggar!”, because with the end of the world coming and there wasn’t much time to fool about, or if he was simply anti-wealth.

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Next Tuesday, at 5:17pm CST.

37 seconds later we take it back from them.

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Brian said that “The Greeks shall inherit the earth.”

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By “earth” he meant dirt. You know, like you kick in the faces of the meek.

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the meek will turn sleek before they inherit anything.

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It’s a common misquote. He actually said the “geek” will inherit the earth. Looking at Bill Gates etc I think this process has started.