Blue Letter Bible
March 22, 2018
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place
which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in]
a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker [is] God. 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. Therefore sprang there even of one,
and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not
having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded
of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they
seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from
whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 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. (Hebrews
11:8-16)
God here promises not only His pleasure in those who look to
the heavenlies rather than toward earthly treasure, but He also promises a holy
and heavenly dwelling to His people. For all believers say the same: that they
seek not a homeland with foundations of stone and metal, but one made of
heavenly hands.
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