Why did Christ say the meek are blessed?

Answer

"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Matt. 5: 5.
NOTE - This inheritance cannot be realized in this life; for here the truly meek generally have
little of earth's good things.

Will sin and its evil results ever appear again?
Of what is faith a fruit?
Following one of His parables, what did Christ say?
How many will yield to the demand to worship the beast?
What did the apostles say to the idolaters at Lystra?
What did the first Sunday law enacted in America, that of Virginia, in 1610, require?
What is written on these gates?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle