behold, His
reward
is with Him, and His work before Him.’ And they shall call them, ‘The Holy people, the Redeemed of the Lord: and you shall be called, sought out, A City not forsaken.’”[Hebrew 11:13 & 16]
After stating about the righteous faith in God that Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Sarah had,
“
These all died in faith, not having received the promises
, but havingseen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they werestrangers and pilgrims on the Earth…. But now they desire a better country, that is,
a Heavenly:wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a City
.”[Hebrews 11:13 & 31-12:4]
After stating about the right actions by faith done by Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Israelites outside of Jericho,
“By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with themthat believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. And what shall I more say? for thetime would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also,and Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not acceptingdeliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings andscourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment; they were stoned, they were sawn asunder,were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; beingdestitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and inmountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
And these all, having obtained a good reportthrough faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, thatthey without us should not be made perfect. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed aboutwith so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easilybeset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus theauthor and finisher of our faith
; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him thatendured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.” (
So are the believers of God mentioned in Hebrews 11 in Heaven right now?)
[Acts 2:29-36] The Apostle Peter proclaimed, “‘Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he foreseeing this before spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in Hell, neither His flesh did seecorruption.
[see Psalm 16:10]
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which you now see and hear.
For David is not ascendedinto the heavens
: but he said, ‘The Lord said unto my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, until I make Your foes Your footstool.’’
[see Psalm 68:18 & 110:1]
Therefore let all the house of Israel knowassuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, Whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
We know that only Enoch, Moses, Elijah, were specially resurrected by God the Father, but no oneelse.
[John 5:22-29]
Jesus Christ said,
“‘For the Father judges no man, but hath committed all judgmentunto the Son: that all people should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honorednot the Son honored not the Father Who hath sent Him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hearsMy word, and believeth on Him Who sent Me, has everlasting life and shall not come intocondemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming,
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