When Jesus wrote His last will and testament

A pompous lawyer in a cartoon read a client's last will and testament to a group of greedy relatives. "I, John Jones, being of sound mind and body, spent it all."

When Jesus wrote His last will and testament for His church, He made it possible for us to share His spiritual riches. Instead of spending it all, Jesus paid it all. His death on the cross and His resurrection make possible our salvation.

Jesus wrote us into His will, then He died so the will would be in force. Then He arose again that He might become the heavenly Advocate (lawyer) to make sure the terms of the will were correctly followed.

Ephesians 1:11-12 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

Christ's future inheritance is wrapped up in His church. We are joint-heirs with Him (Rom. 8:17), which means that He can't claim His inheritance apart from us.