Hebrews
Chapter
11
{Verses
1-3: The Importance of Bible Doctrine}
1~~In
fact, {progressing concept in Chapter 10}
doctrine
is/'keeps on being'
THE
reality/substance
from
which source {doctrine}
we
keep on receiving confidence . . .
the
proof of matters/events not being seen.
{Note:
There are three different ways 'Pistis' should be translated in the
New Testament:
1) That which causes Trust and Faith. Translated faithfulness,
reliability, proof, pledge.
2) Faith in the active tense. The act of believing. Translated faith,
trust, confidence.
3) Faith in the instrumental case: 'that which is believed'. The
'body of faith'. Therefore should be translated Doctrine. And
that is the use here - Doctrine.}
[Note: For the mature believer, "elpis" no longer means "hope". Instead it means "absolute confidence" in God and His Promises being kept! Therefore, doctrine is reality. You can be tricked by what you see or feel or think. Understand God's thinking, and you can not be tricked.]
2~~For
by means of it {doctrine resident in the soul}
the
'men of old/elders/'ancient people'
received/gained
{divine} approval {SuperGrace Status}.
{Importance
of Doctrine to Be Oriented to History}
3~~By
means of doctrine {resident in our souls}
we
learn/'have perceived and keep on perceiving'
that
the dispensations/ages have been 'put together'/arranged
by
the decree/saying from the ultimate source of God,
with
the result that
what
is being seen {unfolding current history}
has
NOT come to pass
from
those who are visible
{National
leaders are those who are visible}.
{Note: Leaders of nations appear to be holding the Nation together, but it is positive believers who actually hold the Nation together}.
{Rest
of Chapter 11 is a Great Parenthesis -
Illustrations
of Importance of Doctrine in the Life}
{Verses
4-7: Examples of Strong Believers in the Age of the Gentiles}
4~~(By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul},
Abel
had offered to the God
a
greater sacrifice than Cain,
through
which {offering/ritual}
he
{Abel} received confirmation/approval
that
he {Abel} kept on being righteous/vindicated {imputed righteousness
of God} . . .
the
God approving of his {Abel's} gifts {sacrifices},
and
through the same {resident doctrine with resulting sacrifices},
while
he {Abel} has violently died {apothnesko},
he
still communicates {the importance of doctrine}.
{Note: In Hebrew, the name Abel means vanity, nothing, empty, disappointment, disillusion. RBT says this indicates the frame of mind of Adam and Eve after having Cain. Apothnesko is the Greek word to describe a violent death. Cain cut Abel's throat for the first human murder.}
{Note: Abel had doctrine resident in his soul. When he made the offerings to God, he understood what God desired, what the sacrifices represented, and they were very meaningful for Abel and were therefore acceptable to God. Cain did not offer the correct sacrifices which indicates at the most, he was a poor listener and not interested in learning about God or what the sacrifices to God represented. Therefore, his gifts were unacceptable to God. Ritual without reality (understanding what it represents) is meaningless.}
{Verses
5-6: Second Anti-diluvian SuperGrace Hero - Enoch}
5~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul},
Enoch
was transferred {from one place to another -earth to heaven} with
the result that he should not see death {thanatos};
and
was not found {after looking and looking and looking - imperfect
tense}, BECAUSE the God had transferred him!
For
before his transfer {to heaven}
he
had obtained the testimony,
in
the past with the result that the deposition stood,
that
he had pleased the God.
{Note: Enoch was transferred from phase II to phase III without dying. His story is documented in Genesis 5: 22-14.}
{Note: Thanatos is the Greek 'academic' word for death so it is used for 'any form of death'. It does not connote violence as with Abel's death.}
{Implications
of Enoch's Unique Blessing for the Doctrine Resident in his Soul}
6~~And
without doctrine {resident in the soul} . . . impossible . . .
to
please {God} . . .
For
when one is customarily occupied with the God
{one}
must {compulsion of duty} be convinced {by resident doctrine} that
He {God} is/exists/'keeps on being',
and
He, Himself, becomes {under certain conditions}
a
rewarder to {the advantage of} these
who
diligently seek Him
{daily
intake of His Mind through a qualified teacher}.
{Note: Who are YOU trying to please? If you have put anyone or anything ahead of God, you are the 'salt that has lost its savor.}
7~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul} Noah,
having
been warned about things not yet being seen
{120
years warning of the coming flood - Genesis 6:3} . . .
having
been motivated by reverence {occupation with Christ} . . . {Noah}
constructed an ark/ship
for
the purpose of the deliverance
of
his family {blessing by association}.
Through
which {doctrine resident in Noah's soul},
he
{Noah} condemned the world,
and
{Noah} became
the
heir of the righteousness pertaining to doctrine.
{Note: The unbelieving world condemned Noah and laughed at him for building this huge ark. They came and laughed for 120 years! But at the end of that time, he condemned them -not in reaction to them - but by being a SuperGrace believer and faithful. He turned around the course of history.}
{Verses
8-22: The Roster of Strong Believers in the Period of the Patriarchs}
8~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul}, Abraham,
when
he was called . . . obeyed . . .
by
going out to a place
which
he was about to receive as an inheritance.
And
he went out, not knowing where he was going.
{Verses
9-10: Abraham's Surpassing Grace}
9~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul},
he
{Abraham} 'lived as a temporary resident'/sojourned
with
reference to the land of the promise,
as
to a foreign land,
dwelling
in {large} tents with Isaac and Jacob,
the
joint-heirs of the same promise.
10~~For
{explanation} he {Abraham} himself
kept
waiting with anticipation
for
a city {see Revelation 21:2 and below Hebrews 11:23}
having
foundations . . .
whose
architect and contractor is the God.
{Verses
11-12: Abraham's SuperGrace Blessings in Time}
11~~By
means of doctrine {resident in her soul}
even
Sara herself received 'sexual ability'/power
for
the deposit of sperm/seed,
though
she was beyond the proper time of life for conception . . . because
she concluded faithful . . . the One Who had promised
{her
in eternity past}.
12~~And,
{therefore from the source of one hopeless couple
was
born Isaac} . . .
these
same ones {Abraham and Sara}
having
become {sexually} dead
{in
contrast to the promise of Genesis 15:5} . . .
"just
as the stars of the heaven in number,
and
as the sand which is by the lip of the sea . . . innumerable".
{Dying
Grace}
13~~According
to doctrine {resident in their souls}
all
of these {Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob}
died
{under the principal of dying grace}
not
having received {in their lifetimes}
the
promises {Surpassing grace promises - which pertained to eternity future},
but
having seen them {Surpassing grace blessings} at a far distance, and
having saluted {on this side of the Golden bridge comes a salute}
and
having embraced them {on the other side of the Golden bridge comes
the hugs}, and so having acknowledged that {in conclusion} they were
strangers and transients {passing through from grace to grace} on the earth.
{Note: The grace of God starts unbelievable fantastic - eternal life at the point of Salvation Grace that can not be lost. Then Grace in time can be even more unbelievable. Next, Dying grace can be even beyond the incredible SuperGrace ending your allotted time . . . but Surpassing Grace blessings in eternity future are so fantastic that a human body is not built to handle them! Must have the resurrected body first!}
14~~
For they who say such things as these {that they are 'not OF the
earth'} make it clear that {a conclusion}
they
keep striving {and that is not easy} for a {heavenly} country/fatherland.
{Principal
of Geographic Distraction - being out of the Geographic Will of God
for you}
15~~And,
if, on the one hand,
they
had continued remembering
that
country from which they had originated -
but
they did not continue to look at the country
from
which they originated -
they
would have had opportunity/'favorable time'
to
'bend back'/'circle back'
{returning
to Err of the Chaldea as a failure - reversionism}.
16~~But,
on the other hand, as a matter of reality,
they
themselves desire and strive for something better
that
is, heavenly {blessing and reward in Eternity Future}.
Therefore,
the God is not ashamed
of
the same ones {patriarchs} . . .
to
be called/surnamed their God . . .
for
He has prepared for them {the patriarchs} a city.
{Note: As part of their Surpassing Grace blessing (SG3 - in eternity future) of the patriarchs, God has prepared them a city - the heavenly Jerusalem. RBT says 'city' is a designation of the SG3 blessings for the Jewish Age SuperGrace believer and is analogous to the 'crowns' promised to SuperGrace believers of the Church Age.}
17~~
By means of doctrine {resident in the soul},
Abraham,
when he was being tested,
offered
up {as a sacrifice} the Isaac.
Even,
he who had received the promises
went
to offering his only one.
{Note: The context here is the 'promise from God'. Isaac was Abraham's only son who was part of the promise. Ishmael was not born of Sarah and was not part of the promise of God.}
18~~
Toward whom {Abraham} it had been communicated
{by
doctrinal teaching recorded for us in Genesis 21:12},
"That
in Isaac {meaning 'laughter'} shall your sperm/seed be designated."
{Note: God determined in eternity past the ONLY SON of Abraham in whom the new Jewish Race would originate - Isaac, son of Sarah. This means that Isaac has to LIVE for this promise from God to be kept! }
19~~
Having calculated {accounting term} that
the
God was able {had the inherent power}
to
raise him {Isaac} up,
even
out from the dead
{his
faith said God had to bring Isaac back - to keep His promise},
for
which reason also,
he
recovered him {back from the sacrificial altar}
by
means of a comparison/type
{the
comparison is with Jesus Christ Who would be sacrificed}.
{Note: A calculator comes to conclusions based on it's 'inner workings'. Our inner workings are our norms and standards in the soul. So either you stay with your human viewpoint, or you replace that with the divine viewpoint as explained to us via bible doctrine.}
{How
Doctrine can make a Man out of a Wimp}
20~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul}
even
concerning things destined to be/come
{the
fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant}
Isaac
blessed Jacob {in the covenant}
and
Esau {outside of the covenant - Isaac gave all he could give
to
his unbelieving son}.
21~~By
means of doctrine {resident in his soul}
Jacob,
while he was in the process of dying {in dying grace},
blessed
each one the sons of Joseph . . .
and
worshipped {proskuneo},
leaning
on the top of his stick/scepter/'badge of authority' {Genesis 47:31}.
{Note: This is the 'crossed hands incident'. Jacob knew the doctrinal principal of the elder serving the younger. Joseph placed his older son (Manasseh) under Jacob's right hand - the hand of blessing -and his youngest son (Ephraim) on the left side. But Jacob understood the principal so he crossed his hands indicating again that the youngest would receive the 'double portion' blessing. And, the tribe of Ephraim was always the largest tribe of Israel. SideNote: This is also analogous to our receiving the blessings of salvation really earned by Jesus Christ - the firstborn. We receive His righteousness at the point of salvation.}
{Note: Proskuneo literally means 'face to face' and 'kissed'. It was the custom to greet a king by getting down and kissing the hem of his robe. The word worship really is either in face to face teaching of bible doctrine, or in the receiving of the teaching of the word. That is real worship.}
22~~
By means of doctrine {resident in his soul}
Joseph,
while he was in the process of dying {in dying grace},
he
recalled to mind {the prophetical doctrine -eschatology at that
point} about the Exodus of the children of Israel;
and
also gave orders concerning his bones {Exodus 13:19}.
{Note: For 430 years Jews in slavery looked at the coffin holding the bones of Joseph - as a reminder that someday they would leave the land of Egypt and bury Joseph in the promised land.}
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