The Heavenly Hope

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(A)not having received the ^(B)promises, but ^(C)having seen them afar off ^[a]were assured of them, embraced them and ^(D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things ^(E)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. ¹⁵ And truly if they had called to mind ^(F)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed ^(G)to be called their God, for He has ^(H)prepared a city for them.

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ^(A)“The days of the years of my ^[a]pilgrimage are ^(B)one hundred and thirty years; ^(C)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^(D)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

A ^[a]Contemplation of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil