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 feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all of my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright.

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.

God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church,

Indeed, just as the church is submissive to the Messiah, so wives must be submissive to their husbands in everything.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?

The firstborn

You are to say to Pharaoh, "This is what the LORD says: "Israel is my firstborn son.

"Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn of the unloved wife by giving him double of everything he owns, because he is really the first fruit of his father's strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him."

"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.

Which

Now, if you will, forgive their sin but if not, blot me out of your book which you have written."

May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.

However, stop rejoicing because the spirits are submitting to you. Instead, rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have worked hard with me to advance the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

All those who had become settled down and at home, living on the earth, will worship it, everyone whose name had not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the lamb that had been slaughtered since the foundation of the world.

Anyone whose name was 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, and by faith he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faith he continues to speak, even though he is dead.

then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.

For to me, to go on living is the Messiah, and to die is gain.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

I told him, "Sir, you know."

General references

Later the LORD instructed Moses: "Number all the first-born males of Israel from a month old and above and list their names.