All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling wit
By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years
being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what yo
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of th
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Isr
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he bles
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to t
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fa