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Theodore Tilton, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library. As a poet, Tilton is famous for his 1858 poem "The King's Ring", with its famous line, "Even this shall pass away", which is the last line of each of its seven stanzas.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. The World English Bible translates the passage as: For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law ...
The Bible verses about death remind us that while we will all go through it before Jesus ... But there is hope and comfort in knowing that although death is the ending of life on this earth ...
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. [24] Jesus's words refer to an Old Testament saying recorded in Isaiah 51:6: For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever,
The metaphor in this verse implies that the path of sin is an easy one to follow, and that one will do so without conscious effort not to. Davies and Allison note that the notion of vice being a far easier path than virtue is a common one to most religions. The verse seems clear that it is only a minority that will find and follow God's path.
Morley Callaghan's novel, They Shall Inherit the Earth (1935). The band Creature Feature used the line, "The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth" as a song title. The opening lyrics to the song, "Valley of Death" off of rapper Rick Ross's 2009 album, Deeper Than Rap are "The meek shall inherit the Earth, that's what the Bible says."
Matthew 5:21 is the twenty-first verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount.It opens the first of what have traditionally been known as the Antitheses in which Jesus compares the current interpretation of a part of Mosaic Law with how it should actually be understood.
They believe that 144,000 chosen ones will receive immortality in heaven to rule as kings and priests with Christ in Heaven (Rev 7:4; 14:1,3) [182] but all the other saved will be raised from the dead on the last day (John 5:28,29) to receive eternal life on a Paradise Earth (Revelation 7:9,14,17).