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This is used in various applications as of one coming into a possession. It is applied to the Lord when He came to Israel seeking fruit. They said in effect, "This is the heir: come let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." Mark 12: 7. Christ is appointed by God to be heir of all things. Heb. 1: 2. Believers are by grace made sons through Christ, hence heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Rom. 8: 17; Gal. 4: 7; cf. John 17: 22.