Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place f
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call the
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory fo
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your Go
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, an
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isa
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am t
and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God