An Inheritance

1 Peter 1:3-4 ESV 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

Where is our inheritance from our Lord Jesus Christ? Where is the promised land for those in the body of Christ?

It is the kingdom of heaven within us that will be revealed at the return of the Lord. We have received a down payment that is part of our inheritance. We have begun to walk in the kingdom of heaven when we receive the Holy Spirit. He brings the assurance and reality of this transaction to our hearts. It is a peace beyond understanding. 

The Spirit of God was with Adam in the Garden of Eden. With us, the Garden is not on the outside, but within us. 

Adam was the son of God (Luk 3:38)because the Spirit was with him in the Garden. God placed him there. 

We are the sons and daughters of God because He is with us, and more intimately than He was with Adam. (Rom 8:14) God has come to where we are. The forbidden fruit can still be tempting in the Garden of our hearts, but He is here to help.