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 conditions is an understanding of divine things promised ?
What blessed assurance is given all believers in Christ?
Was it God's design that all should possess the same gifts?
Of what were the different parts of the image composed?
What is the first which He took away?
Still bent on persecution, how does Satan manifest his enmity against the remnant church?
What change is made in Satan's condition at the close of the one thousand years?

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