1 Corinthians 10;1-4 1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (Christ preached to them through Moses?) Sounds like it!!)
James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. KJV
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. (These people were justified before Christ was born and died.)
(You will notice there was no law before Moses, only Faith and Grace.) (If you will notice also our forefathers had a lot of faith.
(They pleased God without the law.!!)
Hebrews 11;1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders (our forefathers) obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous. (UH???)
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; (as a normal man.)
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Our forefathers lived by faith.) There was no Jew or Gentile in those days.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
8 By faith Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.16 For he hath prepared for them a city.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob blessed both the sons of Joseph;
24 By faith Moses 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 "Esteeming the reproach of Christ" greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. Christ back then??? Yes!!
27 By faith he forsook Egypt as seeing him who is invisible.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; (NOTICE>)that they might obtain a better resurrection:
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; (NOTICE>)that they might obtain a better resurrection:
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (THINK!!!>Will God put them together with the (US) at the resurrection? Was the promise the Holy Spirit the one at Pentecost? They were not alive at Pentecost!!) THINK!!! Can you help me understand this?
Tribes of Israel and their Stones.
Tribe of Juda------Stone Jasper / Jews
Tribe of Rueben-----Stone Sapphire
Tribe of Gad----Stone Chalcedoney
Tribe of Asher---- Stone Emerald
Tribe of Nephthalim----Stone Sardonex
Tribe of Manasses---- Stone Sardius
Tribe of Semion---- stone Chrysolite
Tribe of Levi----Stone Beryl
Tribe of Issacher----- Stone Topaz
Tribe of Zabulon-----Stone Chrysoprasus
Tribe of Joseph----Stone Jacinth
Tribe of Benjamin-----Stone Amathyst
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