Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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John 8:56 Your father Abraham [greatly] rejoiced to see My day (My incarnation). He saw it and was delighted.”
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Peter 1:10
Regarding this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace [of God] that was intended for you, searched carefully and inquired [about this future way of salvation],
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Jeremiah 33:14
‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good word and promise which I have made regarding the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Matthew 13:16 But blessed [spiritually aware, and favored by God] are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
Hebrews 11:39
And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,