Extract from the Lord's Prayer, Thomas Watson

God will settle an inheritance on his children, and an inheritance no less than a kingdom! "It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom!" Luke 12:32. This kingdom is more glorious and magnificent than any earthly kingdom; it is set out by pearls, precious stones, and the richest jewels. Rev 21:19. What are all the rarities of the world, the coasts of pearl, the islands of spices, the rocks of diamonds, compared to this glorious heavenly kingdom! In this heavenly kingdom—are satisfying, unparalleled beauty, rivers of pleasure—and that forever! "At your right hand are pleasures for evermore." Psalm 16:2. Heaven's eminence is its permanence ; and this kingdom God's children enter into immediately after death. There is a sudden transition and passage from death —to glory ! "Absent from the body—present with the Lord!" 2 Cor 5:8.