And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. We do see by faith. He didn't build any cities. It does not appear that he had any expectation of being countermanded, and prevented from offering up his son; such an expectation would have spoiled the trial, and consequently the triumph, of his faith; but he knew that God was able to raise him from the dead, and he believed that God would do so, since such great things depended upon his son, which must have failed if Isaac had not a further life. That before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. XIV. That, after the fall, God opened a new way for the children of men to return to him in religious worship. That is why the Christian message is the gospel, good news; it is news so good that it is almost impossible to believe it true. There is no real contradiction. The leading instance and example of faith here recorded is that of Abel. We have another instance of the faith of Moses, namely, in forsaking Egypt: and all its power and pleasures, and undertook the conduct of Israel out of it. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Accordingly he now turns to set forth the contrast between the weakness and the unavailingness of the Jewish sacrifices, which, in point of fact, only and always brought up sins again, instead of putting them away as does the sacrifice of Christ. "So accounting that God was able to raise him even from the dead, "from whence also he received him in a figure." Author: VICTOR C. Pfitzner Genre: Religion Topic: Biblical Commentary / New Testament Item Width: 4.4in. [6.] Ga naar primaire content.nl. Here was a great trial of their faith. He was so wise that he was far beyond all other children in learning and in knowledge. It is simply that the writer of the letter to the Hebrews saw even more deeply into the story. As the proof of this, God has prepared for them a city, a happiness suitable to the relation into which he has taken them. Abraham looked for that city which had foundation whose maker and builder was God. Thank You, Lord for the unchanging promises upon which our souls are anchored this evening through Jesus Christ. "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp." 11:35-40 Women received back their own folk as if they had been raised from the dead. But when Cain saw that his offering was rejected and Abel's was accepted, he was angry with the Lord for rejecting his offering. Isaac was still a nomad, Jacob wits an exile in Egypt. There are those who seek to be righteous by their faith in the Lord and those who seek to be righteous by their works. Now truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned ( Hebrews 11:14-15 ). The outstanding characteristic of Moses was the close intimacy of his relationship with God. Through faith Sara herself received strength to conceive, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised ( Hebrews 11:10-11 ). God honoured the son for the father's sake. "By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king." 11:32-34 And what more shall I say? He promised and He'll send His Son. It was said that 80,000 Jews were killed and 10,000 sold into captivity. Indeed, not being revealed of old, according to the apostle, it is altogether a mistake to go to the Old Testament for that truth. But meanwhile we have not yet entered on the rest of God. Strengthened by the LORD, may you abound in all things in Christ to the glory and the praise and the honor of our God, our Savior, and our Lord. O grave, where is thy victory?" Now it is evident that in the Old Testament the distinction was not made between flesh and spirit in the way in which we have it brought out in the general doctrine of Christianity. Accordingly we have a remarkable line of blessing pursued for our instruction here. Rightly then we begin with Zion, and thence may we trace the path of glory up to God Himself, and down to the kingdom here below. God revealed to him that it was to be modelled on a bird's belly and was to be constructed of teak wood. Upon his mind; it impressed his soul with a fear of God's judgment: he was. To settle the matter, Adam said to them: "Go, my sons, sacrifice to the Lord; and he whose sacrifice is accepted shall have the young girl. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. At one time Bunyan was tortured by uncertainty. It was a figure of the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ, of whom Isaac was a type. The fruits and rewards of her faith. It was through faith that Abel was declared righteous by the Lord and accepted by God. Many legends gathered around his name. It is also founded on one of their own prophets. It was so sure to him that he instructed his sons to carry his bones with them for burial in Canaan. Thus the only time when he comes into notice he is acting in the double capacity here spoken of: King of righteousness as to his name, King of Salem as to his place, blessing Abraham on his return from the victory over the kings of the Gentiles in the name of the Most High God, and blessing the Most High God the possessor of heaven earth in the name of Abraham. Isaac has to have children, because God has to keep His word. ), He put himself into the hand of God, to send him whithersoever he pleased. The faith of all three of these patriarchs affected their descendants. from weakness were made strong, showed themselves strong in warfare, routed the ranks of aliens. The severest and final trial of Abraham's faith was giving up the son, in whom all the promises were infolded, to receive him back on a resurrection ground in figure. God said that He was going to cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. There is nothing to divert the heart from Christ, the great High Priest in the heavens. So he died, declaring: "I am dying by fiery torments for the law's sake.". And so the angel of the Lord said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ( Hebrews 11:1 ). [Note: Ibid., p. To Moses belonged the faith to attempt what appeared to be the most insurmountable fences in the certainty that God would help the man who refused to turn back and insisted on going on. [4.] He was put upon it after he had received the promises, that this Isaac should build up his family, that in him his seed should be called (; Hebrews 11:18), and that he should be one of the progenitors of the Messiah, and all nations blessed in him; so that, in being called to offer up his Isaac, he seemed to be called to destroy and cut off his own family, to cancel the promises of God, to prevent the coming of Christ, to destroy the whole world, to sacrifice his own soul and his hopes of salvation, and to cut off the church of God at one blow: a most terrible trial! What is the value, the import., of the sacrifice of Christ viewed according to God, and as bearing on His ways? We will remember that everything in it is God's and will try to use it as God would have us use it. The greater part of the affections of the Christian are drawn out toward our Saviour by all this scene of sin and sorrow through which we are passing on to heaven. Because His people had no heart for His promises, He imposed a system of law and ordinances that was unjudged in them, which provoked the sin. The way the people act I wouldn't blame Him. First of all, it is love that calls us to the path that Christ trod; next, it is love that chastens us. But although it will be the shaking of all things, not of earth only but also heaven, yet, marvellous to say, such confidence of heart does grace give, that this, which may be regarded as the most awful threat, turns into a blessed promise. A true believer will despise them when they are offered upon such terms. (iv) Some have seen in death the supreme terror and the unmitigated evil. They were confronted with "the wheels and racks and hooks and catapults and caldrons and frying pans and finger racks and iron hands and wedges and hot cinders." [2.] Of the faith of Enoch, Hebrews 11:5. is one of several phrases in N.T. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace ( Hebrews 11:31 ). But Abraham said, 'Son, do you remember that in your lifetime you had the good things, and Lazarus the evil? Another story tells that, when Noah was building the ark, the people laughed at him and counted him mad. If he takes them into such a relation to himself, he will provide for them accordingly. We are not told the details of what preceded the great week when God made the man and the woman. A lot of times as we read of these people of faith, we sort of think them out of our category. The unleavened bread had to be made; the Passover lamb had to be slain; the door post had to be smeared with the blood of the lamb so that the Angel of Death would see the blood and pass over that house and not slay the first-born in it. But it is the language for us to learn and speak, as we are called to rest on God and not on the creature. However long the way might be, they never stopped tramping along it. For assuredly if Jewish children honoured their father and mother on legal grounds, much more ought Christian children on grounds of grace. By faith he looked beyond to a higher fulfilment of the promise (8-10; cf. Now, I don't know how God's going to do it. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary. If I can only just come to the realization that all things are working together for good to those who love God and that God has a purpose, and when I can see God then I can endure. Thermouthis, much to her sorrow, was childless; so she took the baby Moses home, and cared for him as her own son. When the sun was shining, his conduct must have looked like that of a fool. This is the last thing which Moses records respecting the patriarchs, and it deserves to be particularly noticed; for wealth, luxuries, and honors, made not the holy man to forget the promise, nor detained him in Egypt; and this was an evidence of no small faith. Abel's sacrifice was of a living creature, Cain's was not; therefore Abel's was the more acceptable. Before Jesus came, there was no question of it among the Jews. 1. So here the Psalms acquire a meaning self-evidently true, the moment Christ is brought in, who is the truth, and nothing less. We see the trees that are bowing in its force. Joseph, when he died , When he was dying, gave commandment concerning his bones. Observe, [1.] But here is One who proffers Himself to come, and does come. The heavenly country is better than any upon earth; it is better situated, better stored with every thing that is good, better secured from every thing that is evil; the employments, the enjoyments, the society, and every thing in it, are better than the best in this world. There is nothing here below so difficult for the natural mind; and for the simple reason that man can never rise above that which is caused. So then I believe in the gods and I honour them, because again and again I have experienced their power." That, from the beginning, there has been a remarkable difference between the worshippers. That faith held out to the last. But the bodies of those beasts were burnt without the camp: my place, so far as I in the body am concerned, is one of shame and suffering in this world. To us Christ is all. Stevenson tells of an old byreman who spent all his days amidst the muck of the byre. Christ has saved the chief of sinners. Never used by Paul. Quietly he said: "Consider it now; you will give me your decision before you leave that circle." in forgetting, and in despising. It often happens that simply by being himself the Christian passes judgment on other people. Thus it will prove a land-mark to direct their course, a load-stone to draw their hearts, a sword to conquer their enemies, a spur to quicken them to duty, and a cordial to refresh them under all the difficulties of doing and suffering work. camp, bearing his reproach." To take it seemed impossible. God is able to raise the dead, to raise dead bodies, and to raise dead souls. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones: As Joseph was dying, he showed his faith like his father, Jacob, by calling his sons to him and telling them about the future when they would leave Egypt and return to Canaan. Hebrews 11 teaches them the nature of faith through word (11:1) and story (11:2-40). God is the God of all true believers; faith gives them an interest in God, and in all his fullness. In the most admirable manner he proves that this was what God was all along waiting for. What a great testimony. [4.] This is life itself, and to the Hebrews blood always stood for life. It is not that the Christian is self-righteous; it is not that he is censorious; it is not that he goes about finding fault with other people; it is not that he says: "I told you so." But even the apostle felt his own need of the prayers of the faithful, not because he had gone wrong, but because he was conscious of no hindrance to his work from a had conscience. By faith we may see this invisible God. We translate it, "Jehovah will provide." Had the energetic activity of faith been first noticed, it would have made more of man; but when the heart had been disciplined in quiet endurance, and lowly expectancy from God, then he could be clothed with the energy of the Spirit. So that means Abraham was probably one hundred and twenty-five by this time. My faith in God provokes my works for God.Now Noah condemned the world by his belief and faith in God, and he became the heir of the righteousness, which is by faith. Herefused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter lest he should undervalue the truer honour of being a son of Abraham, the father of the faithful; he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter lest it should look like renouncing his religion as well as his relation to Israel; and no doubt both these he must have done if he had accepted this honour; he therefore nobly refused it. No man ever did anything great without a vision which enabled him to face the difficulties and discouragements of the way. It may well be that the only offering which a man can properly bring to God is his most precious possession. (2.) (c) In Hebrews 11:13 he uses the word parepidemos ( G3927) . For indeed He was a man as really as any other, though infinitely above man. If the law could show little mercy in such a case, the grace of God views all sin as intolerable. 2. Here he is in the midst of a great revival. So Abraham took the ram, and offered it on the altar. I'm just passing through. This is the meaning of the phrase, not that He will sit there throughout all eternity. His third request was to be permitted to see into Paradise so that he might see what the blessed enjoyed. By this 29 th verse, his recounting has already lifted up Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and his family, and Moses. What had immediately preceded this, The cross. I've given you this land unto your seed forever. It is doubtless a great blessing to be joined to the visible church of God in profession and privilege, but more to be so in spirit and truth. Looking forward to that day when we shall be changed and fashioned like unto His own glorious image according to the mighty power of the Spirit of God that even works in our lives today. Faith discerns this, and determines and acts accordingly. We shall not want opportunities to revolt from God; but we must show the truth of our faith and profession by a steady adherence to him to the end of our days. The story of their action is told in Exodus 2:1-10. It is our duty to be reasoning down our doubts and fears, by the consideration of the almighty power of God. The promise was that in Isaac his seed would grow and grow until he became a mighty nation in which all others would be blessed. 3. It is interesting how that a person living for their own pleasure is constantly pursuing pleasure, constantly trying to find something new, something different, some new sensation. Please call the BYU Studies office at 801-422-6691 during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 to 5 MST) to order. Jewish and eastern legends gathered largely round Abraham's name and some of them must have been known to the writer to the Hebrews. That he believed the resurrection of the body, and the communion that his soul should presently have with departed saints, as his body had with their dead bodies. "Ye are come unto mount Zion," which was the highest Old Testament point of grace on earth. Indeed, at no time will its order be more apparent than at present; for I think there can be little doubt to any unbiassed Christian who enters with intelligence into the Old Testament prophecies, that there is yet to be an earthly sanctuary, and, consequently, earthly priests and sacrifices for Israel in their own land; that the sons of Zadok, as Ezekiel lets us know, will perpetuate the line at the time when the Lord shall be owned to be there, in the person of the true David their King, blessing His people long distressed but now joyful on earth. And here also we consider. We go on now to. In itself it does not say how Enoch died. It is the setting aside of God, and the setting up of man; it is the precursor of the apostasy that is coming, which again will issue in man taking the place of God, and becoming the object of worship, instead of the true Creator. Observe the due regard that Abraham had to this heavenly city: he looked for it; he believed there was such a state; he waited for it, and in the mean time he conversed in it by faith; he had exalted and rejoicing hopes, that in God's time and way he should be brought safely to it. She not only bade them welcome, but she concealed them from their enemies who sought to cut them off, and she made a noble confession of her faith, Joshua 2:9-11. So Antiochus turned for home, almost mad with rage; and on the way he turned aside and attacked Jerusalem, capturing it almost without an effort. But would a Jew infer hence that it was only the city of David he was speaking of? By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land: and the Egyptians attempting to do it were drowned ( Hebrews 11:28-29 ). [2.] Our hopes may never be realized but we must live in such a way that we shall hasten their coming. As far as the soul is concerned, Christ would not go up to heaven until sin was abrogated before God. For most of us much of their impact may be lost, for this reason--phrase after phrase is a reminiscence. In the town there was a widow called Judith. They suggested to him that they would bring him dressed meat which was not pork, and that he should eat it pretending that it was pork. Enoch made three requests of him. And it came to pass that the poor man died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom; moreover also the rich man died. He put himself into the hand of God, to send him whithersoever he pleased. He knew that they weren't going to be in Egypt forever. You can feel it. Next the apostle, with increasing boldness, comes to the proof from the Old Testament that the legal institution as a whole was to be set aside. Isaac has not yet had any children. The next instance of faith is that of the Israelites passing through the Red Sea under the conduct of Moses their leader, XIV. There, is no ground, in my judgment, for the thought of anything mysterious in the facts as to his person. In Hebrews,. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. There is something very convincing in a life of strict holiness and regard to God; it commends itself to every man's conscience in the sight of God, and they are judged by it. Above all, let them take care that they be not a shame and reproach to their God, and so provoke him to be ashamed of them; but let them act so as to be to him for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory. (iv) There came the day when Moses had to make all the arrangements for the first Passover. The supports of Abraham's faith (; Hebrews 11:10): He looked for a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Joseph on his death-bed remembered the promise of God to give the land of Canaan to the seed of Abraham (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:7), and also the prediction to Abraham that his descendants should pass four hundred years in bondage in a strange land, and should afterward be brought out thence, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14. As a supposed criminal, when the king's wrath was incensed against him for killing the Egyptian (. Implicit faith and obedience are due to God, and to him only. All the saints are heirs of the same promise. If you say," For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be the death of the covenanter" the person. and made it still more manifest and heinous. l. 1. c. 8. p. 379. You have the immediate advantage and the eternal advantage to choose.
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