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B 3 to 6.
on to
Let us come boldly.
perfection
Example of unbelief.
Perfect v. babes.
No renewal unto repentance.
Senses exercised.
Crucify afresh the Son.
C 7 to 10:18.
perfection
But this Man.
where
No perfection
in
priesthood.
found
No perfection
in
law.
No perfection
in
ordinances
No perfection
in
sacrifices.
But this Man.
B
10:19 to 12:25.
back to
Let us draw near.
perdition
Examples of faith.
Sons v. firstborn.
Found no place for repentance.
Discipline exercised.
Trod under foot the Son.
A
12:25 to 13.
him that
Things that remain.
speaketh
Jesus Christ the same.
Not escape if refuse.
Brought again from the dead.
(E)
A special feature of Hebrews 11 exhibited.
The witnesses cited by the apostle in this chapter fall into two groups
of seven, the whole fourteen making a series of seven pairs, related to each
other by a common theme. Shorn of all detail, it can be set out thus:
Abel (11:4) `Being dead yet speaketh'.
Enoch (11:5)
`Translated ... not see death'.
Death
Noah (11:7) `Became heir of righteousness'.
Abraham (11:8)
`A place ... for an inheritance'.
Inheritance
Isaac (11:9)
`Sojourned in a strange country'.
Jacob (11:9)
`Dwelling in tents'.
Pilgrimage
Sarah (11:11)
`As good as dead'.
Abraham (11:19)
`Able to raise him up'.
Resurrection
(A woman, Sarah, completes the first series of seven,
a break coming at verse 13).
Isaac (11:20)
`By faith Isaac blessed Jacob
and Esau'.
Jacob (11:21)
`By faith Jacob blessed both
Contrary
sons'.
to Nature
Joseph (11:22)
`Gave commandment
concerning his bones'.
Moses (11:27)
`By faith forsook Egypt'.
Egypt
Israel (11:28)
`He that destroyed
the firstborn'.
Rahab (11:31)
`Rahab perished not'.
Destruction
(A woman, Rahab, completes the second series of seven,
verses 32 -40, generalizes the rest).