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NASB | Hebrews 11:40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:40 because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us. |
Subject: Superior Hope |
Bible Note: I like to think of this process with a little more accurate or at least more applicable comparison between our relationship of mankind to our Father to the relationship between an earthly parent and his/her kids. All parents experience the rearing and training necessary in our homes with kids. They start out in diapers but don't stay there for very long. Before you know iti they're running around all over the house, touching and playing with all of our favorite trinkets and treasured possessions on our coffee tables and other easy accessible places in our homes. So we say No, No and lightly slap their hands. They persist and sooner or later we have to learn and re-train ourselves to put things out of their reach. Finally, they grow up big enough to be potty trained and must now learn to pick up their toys. We as parents have to be very specific and tell them over and over again, giving much love and an ocassional spat on their backsides. Then they grow and learn to make up their beds and pick up their clothes. Eventually they take on more and more responsibilities, like mowing the lawn and cleaning the garage for which they expect an allowance. Finally, we see them graduate high school, tackle a real full time job and maybe even go to college. Ah, yes parenting...what a ride. It was so much fun, while it lasted. Now that we're "empty nesters," we get philosophical and talk over the old days. AND think about how our Lord did the same thing with us as his children, all mankind throughout history. Talk about the patience of Job; how incredibly patient our Lord has been. In spite of all the bad history of this planet, as documented both in our Bibles as well as our archeology, we still insist on following the footsteps of the Roman Empire and endanger the very future of this great and wonderful nation. Yet your analogy is also quite good. God does expect us to graduate from the elementary school of the Law of Moses and move on to the truly spiritual world of christianity. Better than that He really wants us to learn to prefer His spiritual world completely by leaving this physical world BUT of course He wants us to do this at HIS timing. It's a difficult thing to grasp and only after much experience, pain and suffering that God allows to temper our attitude so that we do grow up to be a little closer to God's standard as He sent to us, His Son. Thanks for your post and blessings to you. Country Girl |