Nov 2, 2025
EZEKIEL 42-43:
In
yesterday’s tour of the ideal temple we viewed the sanctuary and
Most Holy Place.
ISAIAH 18:
Yesterday we heard of Damascus and Syria and
Israel.
HEBREWS 12:
After recounting the more victorious heroes of
faithful believing, the author spoke about all those unnamed people
who victoriously suffered because of fully believing. The Faith
Chapter ends with this:
Heb.
11:39 NLT All these people earned a good reputation because of
their [fully believing//faith], yet none of them received all that
God had promised.
40
For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not
reach perfection without us.
NLT Translation notes:
Heb.
12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of
witnesses to the life of [fully believing//faith], let us strip off
every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily
trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set
before us.
2 We
do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who
[initiated/initiates] and perfects our [way of believing//faith].
Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding
its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s
throne.
3
Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful
people; then you won’t
become weary and give up. 4 After all, you have not yet given [up] your
lives in your struggle against sin.
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