Book of Hebrews – Page 2 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Not Our Home (11:13-16)

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found,

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth,

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these

Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.