He would not comply with the king's order, "no, not if you pluck out my eyes and consume my bowels in the fire." To speak about escaping the edge, of the sword was to direct men's thoughts to the way in which Elijah escaped threatened assassination in 1 Kings 19:1 ff and Elisha in 2 Kings 6:31 ff. 'It was therefore a crisis after the most painful accumulation of evils that weighed on the heart of Israel. Worse was to come. Something of him we had before interwoven with the story of Abraham; here we have something of a distinct naturethat by faith he blessed his two sons, Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. Greek athletes trained naked and some of the Jewish priests even went so far as to seek to obliterate the mark of circumcision from their bodies so that they might become completely hellenized. "By faith Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.". ), This was an exercise of his faith. These men trusted in the unseen God and in his faithfulness to those who wholeheartedly sought him. (1.) Religion began when men became aware of God; it ceases when they live a life in which for them God does not exist. To what, then, is the allusion to the sanctuary applied? To what then are we come? Continues after advertising. Behold, there is a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. and so; in consequence of his remembering the prophecy of the exodus. On this subject I refer the reader to the notes on "Genesis 50:25". And beside this, there is a gulf that is fixed between us, so it is impossible for those that are here to come over there, and for those that are there to come over here.' That he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. There must be the death of him who so disposes of his property in order that the heir should take it under his testament. In all the covenants of scripture the man that makes it has never to die for any such end. Have enough faith and you can drive any kind of car you want or live in any kind of home you want if you just have enough faith." The senses tell us to grasp the thing of the moment; the spirit tells us that there is something far beyond that. At the end of his course there was a still heavier tax on him. 2. The influence this had upon his present conversation: it was a support to him under all the trials of his sojourning state, helped him patiently to bear all the inconveniences of it, and actively to discharge all the duties of it, persevering therein unto the end. Observe, [1.] The supports of his faith. And this is the more remarkable, because his language is essentially of the actual state of what was going on in the temple; but he always calls it the tabernacle. Another story tells that, when Noah was building the ark, the people laughed at him and counted him mad. It may indicate that God is ashamed that some people call Him God. The story of their action is told in Exodus 2:1-10. Isaac has to have children, because God has to keep His word. The mount of the Lord, where Abraham offered his son Isaac, two thousand years later God offered His only begotten Son. If it be not the truth, it would be the height of presumption indeed. Faith enabled him to picture the exodus already. Things were frequently held up by cautious people who wished to know just where each step was taking them, until in the end the chairman reminded them that a Christian has no right to ask where he is going. It is believing in God that is the most important, not my works; they follow. [3.] Seeing Him. That though he had lived and died in Egypt, yet he did not live and die an Egyptian, but an Israelite. Redemption was the first thought of God a counsel of His previous to the dealings with man which made the necessity of redemption felt. He tried to introduce this into Palestine. If we have lived with Christ, we may die in the certainty that we go to be for ever with our Lord. Her unbelief is pardoned and forgotten, but her faith prevailed and is recorded: She judged him faithful, who had promised, Hebrews 11:11. This is the best way the people of God can take to condemn the wicked; not by harsh and censorious language, but by a holy exemplary conversation. Antiochus thought for a moment and realized that to defy Rome was impossible. The faith of parents often procures blessings for their posterity. camp, bearing his reproach." Yet, I do not doubt His existence, because of the evidence that is all around. Before developing these, the apostle refers to the tabernacle itself in which these sacrifices were offered. He did not serve an ejectment, or raise a war against the old inhabitants, to dispossess them, but contented himself to live as a stranger, to bear their unkindnesses patiently, to receive any favours from them thankfully, and to keep his heart fixed upon his home, the heavenly Canaan. They all believed that there would be made the provision for their sins by God. Here observe. The verb means to finish or close, with life understood. In the first chapter we saw the seat of personal glory connected with atonement; in the eighth chapter it is the witness of His priesthood, and where it is. Death is a metamorphosis. It was accomplished in Christ, exalted as the great Melchisedec in heaven. If people have faith, it means they believe that things hoped for according to God's promises will be achieved and that unseen powers of God are real. 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. (3.) The faith of Moses himself (; Hebrews 11:24-25, &c.), here observe. (7.) When the people of England saw how the storm and the gale had shattered the Spanish Armada, they said: "God did it." (1.) You can always turn back. In each case it was the faith of a man to whom death was very near. "Be mindful of those in bonds, as bound with them; and of those which suffer adversity." Never was there a time when men used terms with a more equivocal design than at the present moment. It was so sure to him that he instructed his sons to carry his bones with them for burial in Canaan. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. In itself it does not say how Enoch died. Thus the power of what Christ had wrought was now brought in for future ends; it was not merely retrospective, but above all in present efficacy while the Jews refuse Christ. (2.) It so happens that he is the first man in the Bible to be called dikaios ( G1342) , righteous ( Genesis 6:9). "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in virtue of the blood of the everlasting covenant, perfect you in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight "through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Biblical References: Hbr 11:23-30 . that is, he praised God for what he had done for him, and for the prospect he had of approaching blessedness; and he prayed for those he was leaving behind him, that religion might live in his family when he was gone. It was not only that there had been at the beginning such a priest, but that fact became the form of a glorious anticipation which the Holy Ghost holds out for the latter day. They know that they cannot explain the existence of the world solely by reasoning from the things that can be seen (11:1-3). And, amazingly, she is one of the names which appear in the genealogy of Jesus ( Matthew 1:5). The writer to the Hebrews goes on to say that it was precisely because the great heroes of the faith lived on that principle that they were approved by God. I've given you this land unto your seed forever. When we are discouraged, let us remember and take heart again. The sacrifices that they made were all made in faith as they looked forward to the sacrifice that God would one day make when He would send His only begotten Son. But whether the one or the other, all was by faith. And what is its distinctive character as here introduced? Jesus alone. So he knelt down and worshipped the sun. We can well understand that, because when the blood flows away, life ebbs away. True, the apostle John uses this very city as the figure of the bride. . Now here Moses conquered the riches of the world, as before he had conquered its honours and pleasures. He. At the back of this story lie two great truths. The faith of Joseph, then, was simple confidence in God; and its strength was seen in his firm conviction that what had been promised would be fulfilled, even when there were no appearances that to human view justified it. But when Cain saw that his offering was rejected and Abel's was accepted, he was angry with the Lord for rejecting his offering. In other words, the example speaks to us today of Abel, who offered his sacrifice to God through faith. They were persuaded of the truth of the promises. Observe. And Abraham said, "Son, the Lord will provide Himself a sacrifice" ( Genesis 22:7-8 ). It is possible that the word "worlds," which is a Hebraistic word, belonging to the Alexandrian Jews particularly, may embrace dispensations; but undoubtedly the material world is included in it. 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! He only removes obstructions, and maintains our communion with Himself; surely this ought to settle every question for the believer. When Marcus Aurelius was asked why he believed in the gods, he said: "True, the gods are not discernible by human sight, but neither have I seen my soul and yet I honour it. 1. And of what did Christianity speak? There is no indulgence of human curiosity. Asked to take out the biggest, baddest enemy of the people that had oppressed Israel for seven years, he nervously asked God for signs of assurance. What the wise men of antiquity, the Platos and Aristotles, never knew what the modern sages blunder about, without the slightest reason, after all the word of God has made the possession of every child of His. So when they died they did not enter in to the heavenly kingdom, but they had to wait for the promise of God to be fulfilled. "And who is the lord of Nimrod?" It may be observed, too, that the Holy Ghost appears but little in this epistle. When the apostle Paul, speaks of "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem," he means the scene of future heavenly blessedness; whereas when John speaks of the new Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, he means, not where but what we are to be. Because he looked at the eternal aspect, the eternal reward, the eternal reward of following Jesus Christ. Observe here, (1.) One imperfection of the present state of the saints on earth is that their happiness lies more in promise and reversion than in actual enjoyment and possession. We must bear in mind that Melchisedec was a man like any other. He chose "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." 5. The description given of heaven: it is a city, a regular society, well established, well defended, and well supplied: it is a city that hath foundations, even the immutable purposes and almighty power of God, the infinite merits and mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the promises of an everlasting covenant, its own purity, and the perfection of its inhabitants: and it is a city whose builder and maker is God. To assure them that God would be with them in Egypt, and deliver them out of it in his own time and way. Legend had it that down in Egypt Jeremiah was stoned to death by his fellow-countrymen. And there he heard things and if I tried to describe them in human language it would be a crime" ( 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 ). But the Holy Ghost's testimony is not forgotten. The other descendants of Abraham honoured the house of Aaron as Levitical priests; but Abraham himself, and so Levi himself, and of course Aaron, in his loins honoured Melchisedec. This opened a way for the return of Abraham's posterity into the land of promise. So far, Antiochus had succeeded only in causing a division in the nation; the greater part of the Jews were unshakeably true to their faith and could not be moved. All these, though they were attested through their faith, did not receive the promise. So as Jesus said to Martha grieving over her brother Lazarus, "If you live and believe in Me, you will never die." God's word is true. Observe here, (1.) It was because of that that God was not ashamed to be called their God, for he had prepared a city for them. (iii) In spite of everything they never wished to go back. Here, too, he begins to introduce what a. priest does, that is, the exercise of his functions. True faith draws forth sincere and fervent desires; and the stronger faith is the more fervent those desires will be. (i) Abraham's faith was the faith that was ready for adventure. The difficulties Isaac's faith struggled with. The story of Gideon is told in Judges 6:1-40; Judges 7:1-25. 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. The story of Barak is in Judges 4:1-24; Judges 5:1-31. (2.) 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. And the other says despairingly: "You must be mad.". Share Embed Download Donate . It may then be stated summarily, in few words, unless I am greatly mistaken, that the word should always be translated "covenant" in every part of the New Testament, except in these two verses; namely, Hebrews 9:16-17. it was: "God give you of the dew of heaven. If he takes to himself the title of their God, he will fully answer it, and act up to it; and he has prepared that for them in heaven which will fully answer this character and relation, so that it shall never be said, to the reproach and dishonour of God, that he has adopted a people to be his own children and then taken no care to make a suitable provision for them. Another man writes that, however poor a home is, it is better to live at home than epi ( G1909) xenes ( G3581) , in a foreign country. Can there be a doubt that Christianity is meant? The circumstance of time is taken notice of, when Moses by his faith gained this victory over the world, in all its honours, pleasures, and treasures: When he had come to years (Hebrews 11:24); not only to years of discretion, but of experience, to the age of forty yearswhen he was great, or had come to maturity. has the idea that God took Enoch to himself when he was still young to save him from the infection of this world. 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. Let me emphasize that God has never given such a command, either before or after Abraham's time. And why? This is just what the believer receives, feeds on, and lives accordingly. 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. The wise man will pass over it but will not build his house upon 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. [2.] 2), exceedingly fair, as in Acts 7:20, asteios to Theovenustus Deofair to God. 3. Then he shows us others higher than these, by a divine call "and to the church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven." None of the patriarchs entered into the full possession of the promises that God had made to Abraham. He has shown its the symbolic mount Of grace in Zion, contrasted with Sinai the mountain of law. 2. Moses had the faith he had because he knew God in the way he did. faith: Genesis 50:24, Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16. God is the God of all true believers; faith gives them an interest in God, and in all his fullness. In this phrase there is no allusion whatever to the church; nor indeed anywhere in the Hebrews is there any reference to its distinctive portion in union with its Head. The choice comes to every man either to listen to or to disregard the message of God. Now oftentimes as God is leading us, He leads us just one step at a time, and that is our problem. Please call the BYU Studies office at 801-422-6691 during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 to 5 MST) to order. Men spend the greater part of their lives putting limitations on the power of God. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called holy of holies; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold." Selecteer de afdeling waarin je wilt zoeken. A simple word of scripture settles a thousand questions. It is of men who never believed that God was on the side of the big battalions and were willing to take tremendous and even terrifying risks for him. It was by faith that Rahab, the harlot, did not perish with the disobedient because she had welcomed the scouts in peace. This is life itself, and to the Hebrews blood always stood for life. Who ever in his senses built a great hulk of a ship on dry land far from the sea? We should do the same. The ground of Abraham's faith, the call and promise of God. So the writer to the Hebrews says: "Although he died for his faith, he is still speaking to us." (ii) The Christian hope is belief in the spirit against the senses. He was a miracle child. God's arm is not shortened; his power is not grown less. But then there are impediments as well as sin, by which the enemy would keep us from the race set before us; whilst God carries on His discipline in our favour. The Old Testament story of Noah is in Genesis 6:1-22; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence he also received him in a figure ( Hebrews 11:17-19 ). The Christian faith is a hope that has turned to certainty. Accordingly observe the change of expression. 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. So Abraham began to journey not knowing where he was going. I speak, of course, of our entrance there only in spirit. We have just the fact of their passing through the Red sea, and no more; as we have the fall of Jericho, and no more. We believe in the wind, though we haven't seen the wind. To put it simply--the secret of his faith was that Moses knew God personally. A parepidemos ( G3927) was a man in lodgings, a man without a home in the place where life had sent him. It showed the courage of the man who has learned to wait. It was a figure and earnest of the glorious resurrection of all true believers, whose life is not lost, but hid with Christ in God. He'll send the Savior. So glorious were the things they defy description. The real faith and the real courage are those which can take God's side when it seems doomed to defeat. If we can grip that fact, two things follow. Now here is evidence of what men have wrought by faith. Centuries after this Judas Maccabaeus and his men were facing the city of Caspis, so secure in its strength that its defenders laughed in their safety. The Stoics held that the gods had given men the gift of life and the still greater gift of taking their own lives away. That strange old story is told in Joshua 6:1-20. In Hebrews,. Yet who beforehand would have anticipated either? (i) They lived for ever as strangers. I feel the love of God. A parepidemos was a person who was staying there temporarily and who had his permanent home somewhere else. [2.] So did Jacob in regard to Josephs sons, which was for him an act of faith in his old age. So we are told that when Jesus died for our sins He descended into hell and He preached, according to Peter, to those souls that were in prison. (Verses 1-7.). "With all three the significant thing was their firm conviction that death cannot frustrate God's purposes" ( Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary, note on Hebrews 11:20-22). There it was more particularly the activity of faith; here it is the suffering of faith. I'll do it. Note, (1.) _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. His fear, thus excited by believing God's threatening, moved him to prepare an ark, in which, no doubt, he met with the scorns and reproaches of a wicked generation. The whole list is of men who faced incredible odds for God. What a surprise to the Hebrew believers to find such truths as these so strikingly shown out in type even in the Jewish system! He sat down there as of His own right and title, but nevertheless making a part of His divine glory to be witnessed in, as indeed His person was necessary to make His blood efficacious to the purging of our sins. I am not aware that it is, nor do I believe that it could be, ever used in such a sense as "covenanting victim," for which some contend. 1. Nothing could be more tender and moving than those words of Isaac: My father, here is the wood, here is the fire; but where is the lamb for the burnt-offering? The Witness of a Dead Man's Bones .Joseph's body was embalmed. Isaac, Jacob and Joseph were all certain that the promise to Abraham would be fulfilled. I see evidence of it.I see evidence of God. He fulfilled that portion of the promise. 13. Arranged all beforehand, neither Isaac's partiality nor Jacob's deceit was able to divert the channel. The call of Abraham is told with dramatic simplicity in Genesis 12:1. The lamb dying instead of the firstborn, and there we get a very beautiful picture of the substitutionary work of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who died in our place that we might have life.And so by faith he kept the Passover. God had promised that this should be. They had sufficient to bear the charges of their journey; and flesh and blood, a corrupt counsellor, would be sometimes suggesting to them a return. Fosdick somewhere says that Nero once condemned Paul, but the years have passed on and the time has come when men call their sons Paul and their dogs Nero. THE FAITH WHICH DEFIED THE FACTS ( Hebrews 11:30-31 ). First, we will use it as such. God said that He was going to cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. What is the end of the path? All these died before the final unfolding of God's promise and the coming of his Messiah into the world. As a Christian I am now free, by God's will, to go in peace and assurance of His love into the holiest of all yes, now. Thus the cross and heavenly glory must go together. He amassed an army and invaded that country. It is wise and necessary to examine closely what they mean. Women received their dead raised to life again ( Hebrews 11:33-35 ): This is the first section. The gracious and great reward of their faith: he gives them leave to call him so; and he gives them the spirit of adoption, to enable them to cry, (3.) I don't have time to tell about Gideon [now we're in the book of Judges], Barak, Samson, Jephthae ( Hebrews 11:32 ); These are all men from the book of Judges who became judges of Israel and who through their faith delivered the children of Israel from their enemies.Going on from the book of Judges to. This priesthood is not based on physical requirement (15-17) [3.] [1.] She was a harlot, and lived in a way of sin; she was not only a keeper of a public house, but a common woman of the town, and yet she believed that the greatness of sin, if truly repented of, shall be no bar to the pardoning mercy of God. Again the legends help to light up the picture. 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. I'm just passing through. Now accordingly, by virtue of His death which rent the veil, God and man stand face to face. This should have been a rule to him all along, but he was rather swayed by natural affection, and by general custom, which gives the double portion of honour, affection, and advantage, to the first-born. And as I said, this is the only place where the chronological order is broken. These characteristics he proves to be really found in Christ Himself. Hebrews 11:1. Such is the emphasis. Jewish legend tells that Isaiah was sawn asunder. Publisher: Abingdon Press Publication Year: 1997 Format: Trade Paperback Language: English Item Height: 0.2in. (1.) All that are effectually called resign up their own will and wisdom to the will and wisdom of God, and it is their wisdom to do so; though they know not always their way, yet they know their guide, and this satisfies them. Without hesitation they choose God ( Daniel 3:1-30). So, by faith we believe that the worlds were formed by the word of God so that the things that we do see, the things that appear, are made out of things which cannot be seen or do not appear. He has so absolutely swept it away for those who believe on Him, that when He comes again, them will be no question of judgment, as far as they are concerned, but only of salvation, in the sense of their being cleared from the last relic or result of sin, even for the body. No act of sacrilege was omitted. The legends tell how Abraham was the son of Terah, commander of the armies of Nimrod. This was in the same spirit of faith exhibited by Jacob when he gave a similar commandment concerning his remains, requiring that he be buried in Canaan, not in Egypt; Joseph's bones were brought along. But Abraham said, 'Son, do you remember that in your lifetime you had the good things, and Lazarus the evil? Another story tells that, after he had been forewarned by God, Noah made a bell of plane wood, about five feet high, and that he sounded it every day, morning, noon and evening. They all believed that there would be with them in Egypt, yet he did not live and die Egyptian! 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