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.

Upon what condition is faith reckoned for righteousness?
Can anyone boast of sinlessness?
6. Under the influence of her tender care and faithful instruction, what is said of the child life of Jesus?
17. What prophetic period, therefore, extends to the deliverance of God's people from the captivity in modern Babylon, and the restoration to them of the mediation of Christ?
12. Because of Christ's healing a woman of an infirmity on the Sabbath, what did the ruler of a certain synagogue say?
On what day does John say he was in the Spirit?
How had Moses spoken of another and greater dispersion?

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