Hebrews 12:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

The general

1 Timothy 3:5

The firstborn

Revelation 14:4

Which

The spirits

General references

Numbers 3:40

Bible References

The general

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

Hallelujah!
I will praise the Lord with all my heart
in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

And He put everything under His feet

and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

The firstborn

Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.

“Consecrate every firstborn male to Me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is Mine.”

He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him two shares

of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.

I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.

They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.

I will lead them to wadis filled with water
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed

from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

Which

Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.”

Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Yes, I also ask you, true partner, to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life.

All those who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.

And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

The spirits

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

And just as we have borne
the image of the man made of dust,
we will also bear
the image of the heavenly man.

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

I said to him, “Sir, you know.”

Then he told me:

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

The Lord told Moses: “Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.