Hebrews 11: 39, 40 > All Made perfect together
| All the saints made perfect toegther |
| Hebrews 11: 39, 40 ( King James Version ) |
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| And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise. |
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| verse 40: God having provided some better things for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. |
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| Hebrews 11: 39, 40 ( New International Version ) |
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| These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. |
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| v. 40 > God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. |
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| Text Quoted in Spirit of Prophecy |
"Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, 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; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. {Ed 158.2}
"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Hebrews 11:32-40. {Ed 158.3} |
| Wherever they sought refuge, the followers of Christ were hunted like beasts of prey. They were forced to seek concealment in desolate and solitary places. "Destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." [HEB. 11:36, 37, 38.] The catacombs afforded shelter for thousands. Beneath the hills outside the city of Rome, long galleries had been tunneled through earth and rock; the dark and intricate network of passages extended for miles beyond the city walls. In these underground retreats, the followers of Christ buried their dead; and here also, when suspected and proscribed, they found a home. When the Lifegiver shall awaken those who have fought the good fight, many a martyr for Christ's sake will come forth from those gloomy caverns. {GC88 40.2} |
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