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.

What was God's design in thus giving the Scriptures?
13. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism?
In what promise was a Saviour from sin first revealed?
What should be the prayer of every parent?
When did this long period expire?
8. After the fall of Western Rome, what power in the East arose to harass and overrun the Roman world, East and West?
What takes place under the seventh plague?

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