Hebrews 11:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They desire

Hebrews 11:14

Hebrews 12:22

God is

Hebrews 2:11

To be

General references

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

They desire

For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,

God is

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

To be

I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you.

Then he said, "I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

"But as for you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I've chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham

"At that time," declares the LORD, "I'll be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."

As for the resurrection from the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God when he said,

As for the dead being raised, haven't you read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

"I am the God of your ancestors the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses became terrified and didn't dare to look.

General references

"Make sure not to take my son there," Abraham replied.

You are to live in tents for seven days. Every native born of Israel is to live in tents

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God."

Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home.

They'll be my people, and I'll be their God.

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.