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.

For what are His parables noted?
With what words did the chief priests and others mock Jesus while on the cross?
Why cannot the world receive Him?
What is the great secret of a happy home?
What testimony did Christ bear concerning His relation to the law and the prophets?
In what similar language is the fate of the fourth beast of Daniel 7 described?
Have we reached the time when there is \"distress of nations, with perplexity\"?

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