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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. |
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Bible Note: At Rev 21:1 "the sea is no more." Isa 57:20 states that "the wicked are like the sea." So the wicked are no more in harmony with 2 Peter 3, the "ungodly men", not the physical earth were destroyed in Noah's day. Thus the heavens and the earth are people, the "former heavens" being former authorities or governments to be replaced by God's kingdom, and the "former earth" being those who supported these corrupt, anti-Kingdom authorities to be replaced by loyal Christians that have exercised faith in "the blood of the Lamb" and resurrected pre-Christian faithful. God promised not to destroy the earth by flood again. To do so completely "by fire" would hardly be in keeping with this promise. Gehenna or "the lake of fire" mean the second death, that is total destruction, no coming back. (Rev 20:14) |