Hebrews 11:7-16

(Hebrews 11:7-16)

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 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.

 

『 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.』 Noah cried out repentance for 120 years by faith. However, eight people, including Noah, entered the ark. It indicates that all humans have fallen for the reason God intends to destroy the world with water. God said that the reason for the judgment was that the sons of heaven married the women of the earth. This is because in Genesis 3:15, the future awaiting the promise of the coming Comer (the sons of heaven) marries the unrecommended (the daughters of men) of the seed (Christ), so everyone has lost the promise of the seed. to be. Christ has come, and Christ will die, rise, rise, and return. Now only those who are in Christ will be saved. The inside of Christ is the same concept as the ark. The ark is a ransom. The ark is made of cedar wood. Noah painted "gopher tree liquor" between cedar trees.

If you do not repent and go into Christ, you will not be saved. To enter into Christ, you must realize that you are the one who left God and repent to become the dead with Jesus Christ who died on the cross.『 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. 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. 』

 

Terah, Abraham's father, took the whole family and settled in Haran, leaving Ur from the land of the Chaldeans. After Terah died in Haran, God called Abraham from Haran. Haran is a city located in southern Turkey, bordering Syria today, and God told Abraham to go to the land God will show. Abraham left Haran without knowing where to go, and he finally reached the Promised Land. All of this was the result of Abraham's obeying and using God's Word as evidence, although not visible to Abraham. "Abraham's wife" At Sarah's 90-year-old, Sarah, who gave birth to Isaac, also believed in the faithfulness of God who spoke and received Isaac as a gift. Abraham's faith was a faith of obedience that denied his thoughts. Abraham was not obedient to the word of God for 25 years until he was 100 years old after the revolt of Ur in the age of 75. However, it wasn't until the age of 25, after 25 years, that I completely obeyed the Word of God. Believing in God is the process of denying yourself before the Word.

 

Verses 3 to 16 refer to the hometown. Verses 14, 15, and 16 repeat the hometown. The Bible mentions the hometown and says it is in heaven. Why is the Kingdom of God home? Because it is from the kingdom of God. All humans living on this earth are spirits who have sinned in the kingdom of God. So people are trapped in the soil. Being trapped in the soil, humans have forgotten about the kingdom of God. However, those who have received the grace of God have faith to return to their hometowns.

 

『 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.』 This is not that they have been abandoned by God, but that they have not seen the fulfillment of God's promise to them in their lifetimes. Noah has never seen God's work that prospered mankind into the world a second time through Noah. Just as Abraham did not see the descendants of the faith that filled the world like the stars in the sky and the sand of the beach as the word says, Abraham did not see the fulfillment of God's promises in his generation. And ultimately, the important reminder of this word is that God's eternal fulfillment is more important than fulfillment on earth. Saints return to the kingdom of God, the eternal home. Because the world must have its end.