Hebrews 11:39

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently. They prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”

Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed.

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

To them it was revealed, that they served not to themselves, but to you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth.

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”

He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.

“But go your way until the end; for you will rest, and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

For you shall see the land from a distance; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.”

She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters, and lived in the temporary shelters; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”

But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.”

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.