Hebrews 11:16

Examples Of Faith In Action

¹⁵ And if they had cherished the remembrance of the country they had left, they would have found an opportunity to return; ¹⁶ but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them. ¹⁷ Through faith Abraham, as soon as God put him to the test, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had joyfully welcomed the promises was on the point of sacrificing his only son

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Hebrews 2:11

For both He who sanctifies and those whom He is sanctifying have all one Father; and for this reason He is not ashamed to speak of them as His brothers;

Hebrews 11:10

for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Matthew 25:34

"Then the King will say to those at His right, "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.

Hebrews 13:14

For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.

Matthew 22:31-32

But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,

Mark 8:38

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

Mark 12:26

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

Luke 12:32

"Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.

Luke 20:37

But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

John 14:2

In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.

Acts 7:32

"'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze.

Philippians 3:20

We, however, are free citizens of Heaven, and we are waiting with longing expectation for the coming from Heaven of a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will deliver me from every cruel attack and will keep me safe in preparation for His heavenly Kingdom. To Him be the glory until the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

Hebrews 11:14

for men who acknowledge this make it manifest that they are seeking elsewhere a country of their own.

Hebrews 12:22

On the contrary you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the ever-living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,