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Hebrews 12

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Hebrews 12 . 1

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:1-4TOSKHebrews 12:1TTDay of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice)

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2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.IPPsalms 110:1CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:1-4TOSKHebrews 12:2TTAaron (The Great High Priest) Abel (First Martyr) Bronze Serpent (Lifted Up for Healing) Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ) Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice) High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session) Melchizedek (Priest Forever) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)

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3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:1-4TOSKHebrews 12:3

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4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:1-4TOSKHebrews 12:4

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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.IPProverbs 3:11-12 2 Samuel 7:14CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:5-6TOSKHebrews 12:5TTBabylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline)

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6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”IPProverbs 3:11-12CHebrews 12:1-29 Hebrews 12:5-6TOSKHebrews 12:6

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7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:7

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8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:8

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9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:9

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10 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:10

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11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:11

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12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.IPIsaiah 35:3 Proverbs 4:26aCHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:12TTNew Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Messianic Healing Signs (Blind, Lame, Deaf, and Mute Restored)

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13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.IPIsaiah 35:3 Proverbs 4:26aCHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:13TTNew Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Messianic Healing Signs (Blind, Lame, Deaf, and Mute Restored)

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14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:14TTUnleavened Bread (Purity and Sincerity)LTHoliness

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.IPDeuteronomy 29:17-18CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:15TTNew Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)

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16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.IPGenesis 25:29-34CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:16TTEsau (The Profane Person)

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17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:17TTEsau (The Profane Person)

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23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:23TTFirst-Born Redemption (Consecration to God) Book of Life (God's Record of the Elect)

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24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.IPGenesis 4:10 Jeremiah 31:31 Exodus 24:8CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:24TTVoice of Blood (Blood That Speaks) Abel (First Martyr) Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)

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25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?IPExodus 19:5CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:25

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26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”IPHaggai 2:6CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:26

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27 The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:27

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28 Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.IPDaniel 7:14CHebrews 12:1-29TOSKHebrews 12:28TTBurning Bush (Divine Presence in Fire)