The Epistle To The Hebrews - Executable Outlines

Mark A. Copeland
f. “Escaped the edge of the sword”
1) David, fleeing King Saul - 1 Sam 23:19-29
2) Elijah, fleeing Jezebel - 1 Kin 19:8-10
3) Elisha, whom the King of Israel wanted murdered - 2 Kin 6:31-32
h. “Out of weakness were made strong”
1) Samson, after his hair was cut - Judg 16:29-30
2) Hezekiah, who was given fifteen years of life - Isa 38:1-8
i. “Became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of aliens”
1) David, in defeating Goliath - 1 Sam 17:50
2) Jehoshaphat, in defeating Edom - 2 Chr 20:1-30
3) Hezekiah, whose faith led to the slaughter of 185,000 Assyrian soldiers- 2 Kin
19:1-36
2. Also through faith...
a. “Women received their dead raised to life again”
1) The widow of Zarephath, via Elijah - 1 Kin 17:17-24
2) The Shunamite woman, via Elisha - 2 Kin 4:8-37
b. “Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, to obtain a better resurrection”
1) Eleazar, in the Maccabean period (between the Testaments) - 2 Macc 6:30
2) Also, seven brothers and their mother tortured by Antiochus Epiphanes
- 2 Macc 7:9-36
-- Such events would have been well known by the Hebrew readers
c. “Others had trials of mockings, scourgings, chains and imprisonment”
1) Micaiah, the prophet - 1 Kin 22:24-28
2) Jeremiah, the prophet - Jer 20:1-3; 37:11-21; 38:1-13
d. Some were:
1) “Stoned” - Zechariah, son of Jehoida the priest - 2 Chr 24:20-22
2) “Sawn in two” - the prophet Isaiah, according to tradition
3) “Tempted” - Daniel, as a youth - Dan 1:8-21
4) “Slain with the sword” - Uriah the prophet - Jer 26:20-23
e. Some wandered about:
1) “In sheepskins and goatskins” - Elijah - 2 Kin 1:8
2) “Being destitute, afflicted, tormented” - Elijah - 2 Kin 17:2-6; 18:9-10
C. WHAT THESE PEOPLE RECEIVED BY THEIR FAITH... (38-40)
1. Certainly not the praise of the world! - He 11:38
a. Many had to wander in deserts and mountains, live in dens and caves (Elijah)
b. But in truth, the world is not worthy of them!
2. They did obtain a good testimony... - He 11:39a
a. As stated regarding the elders in He 11:2
b. As stated regarding Enoch - He 11:5
3. Yet they did not obtain “the promise” during their lifetime - He 11:39b-40
a. They did receive some of the promises, such as the promised land - cf. He 11:33
b. But they did not receive “the” promise
1) They did not live to see the coming of the promised Deliverer (Christ)
2) Nor did they experience the “perfection” which Christ now offers
a) The Law could not make them “perfect” - cf. He 9:9-10; 10:1-4
b) But Christ can! - cf. He 9:11-14; 10:11-14
4. What they did not receive during their lifetime, they did with the coming of Christ!
a. For Christ died to redeem them as well as us! - He 9:15
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