βHow can MatthewΒ 5:12Β talk about rewards in heaven for kingdom saints if their future will be here on earth?β
This verse is not alone in promising heavenly rewards to kingdom saints (Matt.Β 6:20;Β 19:21; Heb.Β 10:34). But Peter wrote to them about βan inheritanceβ¦Β reservedΒ in heaven for youβ (1 Pet. 1:4). Jews would understand from this that he wasnβt saying they would go to heaven to receive their inheritance. They would have known he meant that their inheritance would come to them on earth in the kingdom. The Lord told a parable in whichβ¦
βA certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for Himself a kingdom, and to returnβ¦Andβ¦when He was returned, having received the kingdomβ¦β (LukeΒ 19:12,15).
The nobleman represents the Lord (cf. MarkΒ 13:34). The βfar countryβ to which He traveled after His resurrection was Heaven. When He returns for Israel, He will return βhaving received the kingdomβ that He will establish on earth for them. But in the meantime, all of the βtreasuresβ of the Jewish kingdom saints are βreservedβ there in Heaven with Him. source
[β¦] that their acts of kindness in providing for his needs might be put to their account, that at the Judgment Seat of Christ, they might be richly rewarded and reap the benefits of their fruitfulness. Would the great Apostle [β¦]