THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE  TO THE   HEBREWS

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Hebrews Chapter 11: Blame Game Hall of Shame

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Now faith, of then/now (time past/last days in Hebrews 1), is as if a comparison of two faiths in law/grace (lie/truth) is being made. Paul clarifies now faith as being: "substance" (of things hoped for) and "evidence" (of things not seen). The most obvious of things hoped for is eternal life of eternal salvation via grace multiplies mercy and peace world wide. Things not seen also get clarified by the writer of Hebrews in other epistles. For example "the law is not of faith": Galatians 3:11 and "whatsoever is not of faith is sin": Romans 14:23. So of law/grace (first/second) "he taketh away the first (law & lie) that he may establish the second (grace & truth)": Hebrews 10:9; Because the first has become so old and faulty it's ready to vanish: Hebrews 8, and shall vanish: 1Corinthians 13. Law could not purge the conscience of sin: Hebrews 9, thereby cannot make comers thereunto perfect: Hebrews 10. Trusting in the law is as playing the blame game, which is inexcusable with consequences. A consequence is it inducts players into a hall of shame: Hebrews 11.

Hebrews 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Law is good; But "both good and evil" ends evil.. A "good" report is least of good --> better -->best, which can allegorically be law --> law --> grace. Such good would also be the allegoric equivalent of twice fallen Babylon the great is fallen is fallen to great <-- greater <-- greatest. To get a good report from law (evil) required a covenant with death, agreement with hell, and full tilt zeal for LAW, deadliest of LAW<--Law. Anything less than law zealousness (faithful unto death) got you an early grave via the Ghost rather than a good report. A good report did not get any of the many faith heroes listed in Hebrews 11 any exemption from death, because of the surely die promise of law. So let's remember, from Hebrews 1, that Hebrews began comparing "time past" vs "last days" as "spake" vs "spoken" and as if "good" vs "better" things, law being the old of "old" vs "new", the first of "first" vs "second". Let's also remember from Hebrews 10 "he taketh away the first (good) that he may establish the second (better)". So taking away law to establish grace involves making law dead testator: Hebrews 9. For the law vs law of Romans 8:2 is as loser vs loser: divided against itself; And Christ is the end of the law: Romans 10:4, not mend of law: Luke 5:35-37. So we've progressed beyond taking away Law1 to establish Law2, is as silly as taking away Adam1 to establish Adam2 if as in Adam all die.

Hebrews 11:3 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.

Through faith we understand. Let us remember "the law is not of faith": Galatians 3:11; And embracing understanding begets a crown of grace glory in Proverbs 4. So through faith we understand plural worlds were framed, is as saying "through Jesus --> Christ" (through law --> grace) we get it: understanding, eventually to the point of no misunderstanding. Allegorically it's as if taking a grace walk "through" the valley of the shadow of death when going from Mt Sinai (law) to Mt Sion (grace), and as if from (blind) faith (law) to (seeing) faith (grace). For even the prophets(servants) of old did not understand many of the allegoric things they "spake" of. And many scriptures(plural) had two things mentioned, sometimes with an "and" or "but" between the twain, and sometimes mirrorly the reverse like "will I" and "I will". Yet sometimes it's two mentions of "I will", but as if twain trying to co-exist but being a contradictory oxymoron when giving more earnest heed to what's said, "which things are an allegory", a "mystery" to solve "in time" by seek and "find grace", with the purpose being "our learning" a moral: "grace is sufficient" (means no law required).

Worlds? Through evidential seeing faith we understand there were (plural) worlds framed by (plural) God (Elohyim), so things like plural and contrary scriptures which are seen (now) were not "made" (of created/made) of things which do appear. In the same allegoric manner the new temple (of old/new temples, sanctuaries) isn't "made" with (plural) "hands" (allegory: not made with law/law nor law/grace, which are both divisional). It's a fearful thing to fall into plural "hands": Hebrews 10:31, notably of God on high: Law, being a "fall" from higher God: Grace above (Galatians 5:4).

Framed? The english word "framed" conjures up a picture, perhaps of false accusation. Strong's Concordance says it meaneth making perfect, restoring by mending and joining; But we're told No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old, nor new wine in old bottles: Luke 5:36,37 lest it become as Judas "burst": Acts; Which is to allegory say Christ is not the mend of law, but the end of law: Romans 10:4. For even a little of old(law) will leaven the whole new lump(grace), and thereby make it all vanity and vexation, which is how a man's religion becomes vain in James 1:26. So also a little cancer can and will kill the whole body if not all removed in time. So let's a void all cancer us law.

Things which are seen were not made of things which do appear... suggests appearances can be deceiving, as is evident from many contradictory appearances after the crucifixion, along with many contrary things being said; such as stay in Jerusalem -vs- go to Galilee, etc. So we are told judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment; And such judge not but judge is to allegory say law not but grace, or to say lie not but truth. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

By faith? Here Paul switches from "through faith" in 11:3 to "by faith" in 11:4. Elsewhere in Pauline epistles he notes the first phase of eternal salvation is "by faith", notably by faith without the works of law, but also "through faith" to what is  best of three things which now abide:  faith --> hope --> charity, as if faith (the law is not of faith) is only the first stage of a three stage conversion process: Be reconciled (through Jesus --> Christ) --> to God. Yet more specifically it's by and unto that God was in Christ(is the end of the law) reconciling the world to himself, by not law imputing sin to them. For if generic God can be Law or Grace, then be ye reconciled to God can be reconciled to death or reconciled to life. Many get fooled into thinking you can do both like Noah did all God and all LORD commanded. It was as life + death. Also when it comes to reconcileds, it's death first, which is as extinction when it applies to all. Trying to add salvation to such extinction is like trying to resurrect dinosaurs, as if anyone would want to. So there's a third aspect of reconciled, which is neither to two Sons Jesus nor to false/true Christs but by and unto that God does it in Christ of Jesus Christ. So what we're doing here, in the commentary, is clarify, clarify, clarify till get it: understanding has no misunderstanding.

If Abel's offering is called a "more excellent" sacrifice, then Cain's was an "excellent" sacrifice. But when looking at three things: Cain | Abel | J-->C, only the latter state of the third is most excellent: no sacrifice at all. When looking at law/grace, law is not excellent, but faulty: Hebrews 8. Law demands perfection (condition of the Abrahamic covenant is walk before me and be perfect) but such walk before me is as driven rather than led, and we're told ye/we are not under the law, but under grace, if led of the Spirit. Law is also not able to make comers thereunto perfect: Hebrews 10 (see also Romans 9:31). So another law is not even more excellent. So then what law was, was a "schoolmaster" (Galatians 3) which failed every student. So let us not confuse a more excellent sacrifice with a more excellent way. A more excellent sacrifice is about law (ministers death), and a more excellent way is about grace (ministers life).

Abel obtained witness that he was righteous (by Law God); but there is no righteousness of the law to even attain: Romans 9:31, and "no respect of persons with God". What the blood of Abel speaketh is vengeance. The blood of Jesus speaketh "better" things than the blood of Abel, as seen in Hebrews 12, comparing two mtns. However when considering three things: (good-->better)-->best = neither good nor better sacrifices, but rather no sacrifice at all: no slaughter at all: no dead end for anyone. For we thus judge if we all are one, and one died for all, then were "all dead" = extinction, not salvation. So let's focus on salvation only, and do it by taking away reconciled to death in order to be reconciled to life, since both of two reconcileds is an oxymoron, and a third reconciled, which is global reconciliation, is neither to Jesus nor to Christ, but to God, and more specifically by and unto that God: 2Corinthians 5.

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Enoch? There's two Enochs mentioned in Genesis, perhaps even three; perhaps two (Father-Son) in Genesis 4:17 (from Adam-->Cain), one in Genesis 5:18 (from Adam-->Seth). One such Enoch, seventh from Adam, walked with God(Law) and was notably later "not found" = "lost" ("dead") in Luke 15's lost and found allegory. Lost(Dead)? In Luke 15 there's none lost: "dead"; For 100/100 sheep and 2/2 sons are therein found: "alive". Perhaps the God such Enoch "pleased" was law, which would explain "this" testimony (of this/that testimonies); which translated him from alive to dead. For without faith (the law is not of faith: Galatians 3:11) it's impossible to please God (see next verse for the clarity); And blind faith: trusting in the law: being faithful unto death (law), notably does "despite" unto, and not pleases, the Spirit(God) of "all grace"(no law at all). For as we saw in Hebrews 10, God never desired sacrifice for sin nor ever took pleasure in sacrifice for sin, which was by the law, unto the law, and of the law. Grace doesn't law. Grace neither tempts(laws) nor can be tempted(lawed): James 1:13. Grace(God) cannot lie(law) nor die(law). Clarify, clarify, clarify.

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.

Notably it's impossible to please without faith. But "the law is not of faith": Galatians 3:11. So it reasons by allegoric logic (connecting biblical dots), and by mystery revealed, law does not please His Grace, nor does sacrifice, which is for sin, by the law, unto the law, and of the law. Law does not please His Grace. Law vexes (frustrates) the grace of God. Law does "despite" to the Spirit of grace. Law is all vanity and vexation of Spirit(God). For law added to grace makes it "no more grace"; just as death added to life makes it no more life, but rather life + death = a dead end. Selah.

With respect to pleasing God, by having faith and coming to him, two things are noted joined with an "and": believe he is and he's a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. So believe that God is perfect and also merciful, not also merciless nor rewards anyone with the wages of sin: death. The other wise would be believe God is Law, thereby get wages of sin: death. Hebrews 7:23 speaks to the other wise, noting law priests were not suffered to continue by reason of death.

Hebrews 11:7  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.

Noah, who found grace in the "eyes"(plural) of the "LORD", was notably moved with "fear" (not with perfect love void of fear hath torment, oppression, depression, anxiety, dis-ease, dis-comfort); And got involved in building a God bless me and nobody else fellow ship. Fear is only the "beginning" (not end) of knowledge and wisdom (Psalms, Proverbs), and it's also "of the LORD" (not of God is love, perfect love, which is void of fear, void of torment. God(Grace) casts out fear, and BECAUSE fear hath torment. Love(God) void of fear neither torments any nor can be tormented by any. Law Law notably does both. Such is much like America was (perhaps still is) doing: saying God bless America (and nobody else) for it's lying blame game, it's rod of iron "rule of law", being imposed (by pre-emptive war nonetheless) upon the whole world (if yer not with us, yer against us). And when such doesn't go well, they want everyone to pay for it. For before such war this testimony was heard: "get em for 9/11" and "there will be sacrifice"; Witch is obviously more like unto Son "of man" vengeance instead of like Son "of God" mercy. So let us dare to compare-i-son, not mix the Sons. For it's noted Son of Man(should repent) -vs- Son of God(need not repent). Let us see that in Luke 17 divisional Son of Man has Noahic destruction planned for them all. As for Noah saving his house, what got saved was eight souls, which is soulish instead of spiritual, law instead of grace; by the which he condemned (lawed) the world (a little leaven leavens the whole lump). As for what Noah "became", notice Paul switches back to "by faith". In Hebrews 7:26 we find an high priest "became" seven things. So when it comes to righteousness, by faith, let us clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Clarity: It's Abraham (of Abram-->Abraham) who still did not know whither he went. Such is the calling of blind faith, which many deceived by many heed, and end up following a pied piper over a cliff. Seeing faith knows whither it goeth, doesn't stumble over the stumbling stone laid in Sion, and goeth on unto perfection by leaving the principles, as by the calling of Hebrews 6:1 --> Hebrews 13:25. As for Abraham of Abram/Abraham, we find Lazarus, who notably died x2, lastly went to Abraham's bosom upon his second death; And Abraham's bosom was not merciful to the rich man, but God is merciful. Furthermore Abraham lied about his wife to save his own skin, had a son by a bondwoman, and would have even killed his own son if not stopped by an angel and a replacement sacrifice provided. Clarity: it's "them" who "know not" always requiring forgiveness. Forgive "them", for they "know not". Charity ever faileth: is to be put on above forgiving one another, because charity thinketh no evil(law). Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:9  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Clarity: Abraham sojourned in the land of promise as in a "strange" country (belonging to others), not as his home. The term alien comes to mind. Again dwelling in "tabernacles" is plural, and such things are an allegory. As for Jacob, it's the first part of Jacob-->Israel; And Jesus(not Christ) is the Saviour of Israel (of Jacob-->Israel). Christ: "the end of the law" is notably "Saviour of the world" x2: John 4:42; 1John 4:14. As for Isaac, Abraham would have killed him if not stopped by an angel and told he was being doublemindead; notably by being called "Abraham Abraham" (like unto "Moses, Moses": Exodus3). Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.

Abraham looked for a city with (plural) "foundations" (laws), whose builder "and" maker God (again plural). But the Pauline Epistles reveal there's only one foundation (singular) laid to build upon: "Jesus --> Christ" "the end of the law". In Matthew 1:1 it's not plural "generations" of Adam as in Genesis 5, but the singular "generation" of Jesus Christ. So allegorically what Abraham looked for was a city that had laws. As for the city he looked for, we find it being called "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem", in the same manner Abraham himself is called "Abraham, Abraham" when about to kill his own son. So he's doubleminded: unstable: James 1. Even if you spiritualized the city to New Jerusalem, in Revelation 3 it's the city of "my God": Law, not our God: Grace; And in Revelation 21 it gets so drunk on law it falls out of heaven. As we'll see in Hebrews 12:22, heavenly Jerusalem is called Sion. Sion is not Zion in OT, where it notes Sion (Hermon) is higher than Zion (City of David). Zion is not even mentioned in the NT, where it notes a stumbling stone is laid in Sion.

Hebrews 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Through faith. Notice we've switched from "by faith" to "through faith". It's through faith we understand: Hebrews 11:3; which is to say through faith --> hope --> charity never fails, we never fail if we keep going on, from believe to know.

Sara didn't first judge grace faithful, for as the story goes barren Sara jumped the gun and had the bondwoman Agar (this Agar is Mt Sinai = law: Galatians 4) go in unto Abraham and bear her a son: Ishmael. Such bondwoman added is allegoric for grace + law(added). So the script-u-are saith: "cast out the bondwoman and her son", and the allegoric meaning being: cast out the law the the result of the law: sin and death. Not to mention both her and Abraham were being childish, not faithful (graceful), well into their adult age. Abraham lied about Sarah; Sarah jumped the gun with Ishmael. Two wrongs don't make a right. Two laws don't make grace. Abraham was told to be perfect, not stupid, as the only condition of receiving the promise. He was also told he'd receive the promise when he was without child (aka: when he stopped being childish; allegory: when he stopped lawing). He was 100, she was 75; Yet both still childish. Two childish parents make law law child: not grace us man. One makes a bastard, not a son. It's "allegory"!

As for seed, born again is not of corruptible "seed": law, but of incorruptible (grace): 1Peter 1:23. As for Abraham's "seed", Romans 4:13 tells us the promise (that he should be heir of the world) [was] not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness (grace) of faith. Furthermore in Galatians 2:19 (written to bewitched churches) Paul says: I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God(Grace). In Hebrews 9:17 Paul notes in order to establish grace (mercy and peace thereof) that is of "force", we have to let law be the dead testator. In 1Corinthians 9:25 Paul notes what they do, of they/we, they do to obtain a corruptible "crown": law. So when reference is made to "seed", and to "crown", it's preceded by the word "corruptible". Law is corruptible. Grace is incorruptible. God (Grace) neither tempts (laws) nor can be tempted (lawed). God (Grace) can't lie (law); Thereby God cannot die.

Hebrews 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

The multitude of innumerable folk fathered by one Abraham of twain (Abraham Abraham), and one as good as "dead" for mixing contrary things such as grace + law is as life + death = dead end... the stray multitude of innumerable unstable sandy folk: these all (all those mentioned in Hebrews 11) died and received not the promise. As for stars, angels in Revelation, stars differ in glory one from another: 1Corinthians 15. As for sand, especially sand by the sea shore, it's unstable; sometimes like standing in quicksand. So we are not to build on unstable law, because it's so wishy washy.

Hebrews 11:13  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.

These all? All the blind faith folk. These "all died". What else? They died "not having received the promises". What good are promises you don't get when you're alive? Hello! As for "promises", again it's plural, and seen "afar off", not near nor at hand. Perhaps it wasn't "understanding" they embraced, which Solomon says results in thy head (Christ is the head of every man) being crowned with "grace glory" (Proverbs 4), but pie in the high promises, promises built on sinking sand, which children of Abraham are likened unto. Even children of the promise should be no more children, for the promise of eternal life is not such like. It is always nigh, not pie in the high. It is built on a "sure" foundation: grace, not on foundations: laws, nor is it founded on sinking sand. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Them? JC says, about them, search the scriptures, for in "them" (in Adam) ye (do err) think ye have eternal life. Perhaps not if told in Genesis 5 male and female "them" are called "Adam", and "as in Adam all die": 1Corinthians 15. So be not persuaded (deceived) of them, nor embrace them and their laws (touch not, taste not, handle not: Colossians 2:20-22), nor go after them who say what deceivers shall say: Luke 21:8. We are "of" the better of two thems mentioned in Hebrews 10:39: them who drawback to perdition vs them who go on to perfection. But us-ward is neither of them vs them oppose themselves with law vs law is as loser vs loser: divided against itself, shall fall, to desolation.

Strangers and pilgrims? Peter, called Satan: Matthew 16:23 and told when converted he should then strengthen (grace: mercy and peace) his scatter-brained brethren: Luke 22:32, does get converted by reading all Paul's epistles (including Hebrews and Revelation): 2Peter 3. So, it's converted Peter (of Simon --> Peter --> Converted Peter) who writes to "strangers and pilgrims" in 1Peter 2:11, who had not obtained mercy by law, but have now obtained mercy by Christ's abolition of law. So in 1Peter 2 he admonishes his scatter-brained brethren: strangers and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshy lusts: laws. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

They sayers still say Peace & Safety (Safety in Law worketh Wrath): 1Thessalonians 5:3. What follows is "destruction", notably the "not escape" sort, for "them". What they sayers declare plainly to me is they still wanna mix grace + law, even in my country: Canada, and my answer to such down home country folk like Kenneth Copeland is: none of yer blind faith for me thanks, it's all vanity and vexation of Spirit, and results in dying and receiving nothing is what doublemindead man gets. For as it is written, doublemindead folk can expect to get "nothing" of God (James 1). The sounding brass and tinkling cymbal on the bandwagons of they sayers amount to "nothing" in 1Corinthians 13.

They say they seek a country: somewhere else to call home, feel safe, for the earthy devilish home they've made via their grace + law is obviously not loving nor a peaceful place, but fearful and warring. America the Great, which many foreigners call home, seems to have become fearful and warring. No other nation has more insanity (mental disorders), nor more violent deaths due to guns; And no other nation has more violence of violent weather. It seems they are constantly in a latter state of 'emergency' lately, a latter state "worse" instead of better; And perhaps due to they sayers saying America is a nation under law. Bible says: ye/we (Jews/Gentiles) are not under the law, but under grace x2: Romans, if led of the Spirit: Galatians 5. American leaders say they are a nation under under law. So is it any wonder, of two wonders, why America's economy is decaying (Heb 8), about to fall to desolation, by draw back to perdition.

Hebrews 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

We finally get to the "truly" part, in the midst of this/that."That" from whence they came out? If they'd been mindful they'd came out of graceland (heaven), via their grace + law(added), is as love + fear(added), and by having been "drawn away from heaven" by such "Moses Moses" law law as "In the beginning God" (as if  an "eternal" God has any "beginning"... Not), drawn away as ignorant children, and cast down to earth (Revelation 12) for having war in heaven, they might have had opportunity to return. But not being mindful, they all died and received not the promise: eternal life.

Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
 
Now of then/now they desire a better of good/better, that is: of this was/that is, an heavenly of earthly/heavenly wisdoms. So now God isn't ashamed to be called their God. Yet such isn't the God of all grace, for it goes on to speak of "them". In a them vs them sides war, even them on the right still don't have peace with God, since Christ entered heaven (higher than the heavens) for "us". And the Son of man them look for has a vengeful surprise for them all: destruction: Luke 17:27,29,30. And the city mentioned (heavenly Jerusalem) tends to fall (descend) due to being drunk with the blood of sacrifice, which the only wise God will not have: not then, not now, not ever. And the exhortation is not to just get it better of good better best, but to go on to what's best for all (not some) by leaving (good/better) "principles" (division, twain, twofold) in favor of unity: one. So the city is notably prepare for "them", not us. Us-ward is neither of them vs them who oppose themselves with law vs law and laws vs grace. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],

By faith. Notice we've switched from "through faith" to "by faith".

Abraham's faith (trusting in the law) was tried, and when it was tried he was found willing to sacrifice (slaughter) his own son, a short fall from perfection demanded in the Abrahamic covenant: walk before me and be thou perfect (merciful void of sacrifice). The reason: "walk before me" is as driven of the Ghost(Law) rather than led of the Spirit(Grace). The problem with being Law driven vs Grace led becomes obvious in you first forgive all vs God first forgives you.

He that had received the promises? We just learned, in Hebrews 11:13, these all died not having received the promises; "these all" notably being the elders, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Sara. For (law imputed) death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression: Romans 5:14; And the reason death reigned was one man's offense: Romans 5:17. The offense was adding law(death) to grace(life), as Moses did in Genesis 2: 16 + 17. So the law Christ abolished was the (surely die lie) law of commandments in Genesis 2:17 (Ephesians 2). For all other laws, 10 in stone, and 613 in ink, were notably added because of the transgression (because of the law in Genesis 2:17); for where no law there no transgression: Romans 4:15, and the woman was in the transgression: 1Timothy 2:14. So by abolishing one lousy tree law Christ effectively abolished all law written in stone and ink. So we're told in 2Corinthians 3 that all law written in stone and ink is to be done away, taken away, abolished. Selah: read it again, and again, until you get it: understanding, by connecting the biblical dots. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Tricky wording: "shall thy seed be called" is worded as a question rather than a statement would be thy seed shall be called. So let us watch out for such mirrorly reversed sayings of law, such as am I (law) is reverse of I am (grace), etc. For example: "when I am (grace) weak, then am I (law) strong"; which things are an "allegory" and a "mystery" to solve.

Hebrews 11:19 Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

"That God", is light void of darkness, grace void of law. That God, of this/that Gods, cannot lie (law) nor die (law). This God: Law does both. Nor did that God ever take pleasure in sacrifice (is of the law). Nor does that God ever tempt (law) anyone. Nor would that God ever condone killing just to prove he can raise the dead. That God is not just the living God (Hebrews 10:31), but the living God of the living: Mark 12:27. In that God is light (grace), there is no darkness (law) at all. In him there is no law (death) at all = no sin at all = no death sting at all. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Concerning things "to come", the law is a "shadow"(dark version) of things to come, not the very (true) things to come. By a merciless Holy Ghost blasphemy the Ghost is unpardonable, both in this world and the to come (here and there); So if any say, concerning Christ(is the end of the law), law here or there, believe [it] not x2: Matthew 24:23,26. Unpardonable sin essentially ensnares all, for who hasn't said parental law is unfair as a child, or some law is stupid as an adult. Not to mention many a parent has also admitted law is unfair. Unfair is what blasphemy the Ghost is; sin that's unpardonable by law, both in this world and the to come... unless we let all law be dead testator. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

John the Baptist spoke of wrath "to come". But "law worketh wrath": Romans 4:15; And God hath not appointed us to wrath: 1Thessalonians 5:9. So in saying "wrath to come", John the Baptist (aka Elijah) was allegorically saying law to come. So John the Baptist (2nd coming of Elijah) lost his head (law God), which is allegorically the end of the age of law and the beginning of the age of grace, in a law/grace shew, which shews what grace (life) is, in comparison to what it's not: law (death). God did not send his Son till the fulness of time for the law part of the shew expired: Galatians 4. So let us not think law ends with the Old Testament, for in the New Testament there is still another law to deal with, as if the new and dead way vs the new and living way to sort out. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Jacob and Esau. Esau got the better blessing of twain; so Jacob deceitfully stole his inheritance. Yet even as Israel, of Jacob --> Israel, he feared, and was glad Esau didn't kill him when they met again much later on. Clarify, clarify, clarify

Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.

Notice it was Jacob, of Jacob --> Israel, who was a dying. Yet we are told:
The God of Abraham... Isaac... Jacob is not the God of the dead nor dying, but of the living.
Abraham had two sons, by two mothers, "which things are an allegory" about law and grace.
Two sorts of "blessed" are noted in Psalms 32:1,2; again in Romans 4:7,8. One a cover up.
Notice it says what he leaned on and worshipped was upon the top of his staff.

Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Now we have the children of Israel (of Jacob/Israel) departing. At the times of this ignorance God winked (as if the twinkling of an eye), but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent (change, from law glory to grace glory; as if from death to life). For dead bones don't live and more than dinosaur bones live.

Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw [he was] a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

Let's look at Moses in Exodus 3, whom God called "Moses Moses" to denote he was being doublemindead; Not to mention Moses was a "great terror"-ist to all Israel (of Jacob/Israel) in Deuteronomy 34:12. The law (and lie) was given by Moses; But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The God you'll get law out of is a false God of false/true Gods, foolish God of foolish/wise Gods; For there is no law at all in "the God of all grace", who is also the God of all... you all... you and all the KofG within you... which things are an allegory... with a moral: "grace is sufficient".

As for the king's commandment(diatagma), it's different than Joseph's commandment(entellomai) in Hebrews 11:22

Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Let's realize Moses is inducted in a hall of shame for playing the blame game rather than a hall of fame; For he's among these all died and received not the promise, due to such grace + law, his law worketh wrath added to grace is sufficient being as adding death to God's eternal life. So it's as if Moses refused the grace to go back to the law, allegorically.

Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

The affliction the people of Law all suffered from was a bad case of grace + law = life + death. Law judging others is "inexcusable" self condemning behavior with consequences. Such is the result of sin consciousness, evil concupiscence of law, the source and strength of sin and death. Take away law, the source and strength of sin, and there is no reason for, nor season of, sin. That God, who was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, did not law-impute sin to any.

Choosing to suffer affliction of law rather than pleasures of law is sadistic; for either way it's a dead end. People of true God only suffer long such folly and long suffer to us-ward, which speaks of the end of both sorts of them vs them who suffer affliction, some willingly (willing ignorance), and some after a season of pleasures.

Hebrews 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Here we go again with the servant(slave) and sacrifice(slaughter) thing of plan B: Bondage, which many count as riches, greater riches having a recompence of reward, to some only. The only reward of plan B is death by law. So let's go on, with plan A: Approved unto God, which speaks of study, search the scriptures, seek and find, find there's no respect of persons with God, nor with Son of God. Dying to law, rather than by law, is becoming alive, to His Grace.

Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Faith, in Hebrews 11, is a conviction of the truth. The truth about law is "the law is not of faith", not of the grace and truth which came by JC, being rather of the law and lie given by Moses. Moses forsook Egypt; But true God (Grace) never leaves nor forsakes: Deuteronomy 4:31; Deut 31:6,8; Joshua 1:5; Ezra 9:9; Psalms 37:25; Hebrews 13:5. What Moses endured was a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering, while going in circles forty years, ending with death by law. So what he endured was due to his own law: legalism, which even made him exceedingly fear and quake: Hebrews 12.

Hebrews 11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Notice the switch from "by faith" to "through faith". Through faith we understand: Hebrews 11:3.

Keeping passover, sprinkling of blood, obviously did not permanently save them all got both saved + destroyed after by their grace + law added, as noted in Jude 1:5. Such partiality, division, is not of there is no respect of persons with God in heaven, is notably higher than the (divided) heavens, which are higher than the earth, where thy will is to be done. Passover, first joined to Easter then separated from Easter, is so problem-attic it should be canceled. There were two passovers, one for Sadducees and one for Pharisees, but both are called "vipers" having leaven (hypocrisy) for doctrine

Hebrews 11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

Notice the switch from "through faith" to "by faith". Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Mosaic law law faith tends to save some, drown others. JC's grace faith saves all, drowns none. Not to mention "the law is not of faith": Galatians 3:11, and "whatsoever is not of faith is sin": Romans 14:23, which when it is finished "brings forth death": James 1, and to all: Romans 5:14,  by the curse of the law, the ministration of death: 2Corinthians 3. Not to mention biblical advice: go ye not therefore after them; for Jude 5 reminds even though they were saved out of Egypt, they were destroyed afterward. What benefit is it to cross a sea as by dry(earth) if only to be destroyed afterward.

Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

Law tears down. Grace builds up. It's a matter of destruction vs construction. Modern witch doctors use the same seven days concept to surround and send vengeful and destructive law worketh wrath to others. Not to mention when seeing we also are "compassed about", then it's pick up the pace of the law vs grace race to run, as we'll see in Hebrews 12, where it notes in order to do the end run along with patience does it at a much more (grace) pace, a weight loss is required. The weight that seems to beset runners is sacrifice, which is of the law, which hinders, not helps

Hebrews 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

Them all perish, whether or not they believe. In them (in Adam: Genesis 5) all die (1Corinthians 15). Hence we're getting to the Pauline conclusion of God provided some better thing for us of them/us, such as the seeing faith of the Son of God, rather than the blind faith of Son of man, who would destroy "them all", if he came again (Luke 17).

Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:

No doubt all these were great biblical figures, but great is least of great greater greatest, the "greatest" of three things being charity never faileth rather than great greater loves laws;  And as for prophets (servants: slaves) the majority of prophets prophecied gloom and doom rather than prophesying groom and bloom. So despise not prophesying, which edifies and exhorts unto comfort only (not both comfort + discomfort); And as for law prophecies, they shall fail.

Hebrews 11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Subdue kingdoms? Pre-emptive wars for milk and honey is common among Hebrews babes wanting their baby food. They also do it for love of money. It is common among such children of hell(law), which are also called hypocrites, fools, vipers, and blind guides. Worse yet is one proselyte: twofold: made more the child of hell(law) by such vipers compassing land and sea. The righteousness they perceive is in observance of laws, ordinances, which by the using all perish. Promises receivable from such law<-->law going to<-->fro the earth are sin and death. One mouth they all want to stop is that of the lion of Judah, who flat out called them fools, hypocrites, vipers, serpents, and blind guides.

Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

We are told quench not the Spirit, of grace and truth. As for firey darts we are told to put on the whole armour of God to quench all such accusations and condemnations of Ghostly law law. Funny thing is, those who conquer other people's lands, afterward call them aliens; when it is the other way around. So let us not hold up such like as faith heroes, but realize they are all hereby inducted in a blame game hall of shame, not fame. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Backward law folk seem to think ignorance is bliss, deliverance is for others, suffering is good, and obtaining a better resurrection is via law abiding; When the bible teaches ignorance is not bliss, deliverance is from the law (Romans 7:6), suffering occurs in CJ (2Timothy 3): reverse of JC, and resurrection by law is as the resurrection of damnation (John 5). Even modern Hebrews raise their children to read left<--right, which is not training a child the way a child should go; For the objective is not endure to the beginning of sorrows (laws), but rather endure unto the end of laws to be saved.

Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Mockings and scourgings, bonds and imprisonment, were of their own making due their trusting in the law, which is as trusting in a lie; Since plan B is Bondage to law: sin and death. Plan A is Approved unto God by flushing all law written in stone and ink as dung, so grace mercy peace can be of force to all, not some only. Good God you all. Wake up, awake to righteousness (grace), for you're having a virtual night mare, like "night visions" Daniel had due to his legalism.

Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Getting stoned is what happened to Stephen when he saw Jesus standing right on high instead of being seated higher. The reason they were destitute, afflicted, tormented, is law is awful lawful. Grace is sufficient. Law is not sufficient. The reason they were afflicted is they all had a bad case of grace + law(added) which is as ease + usurping dis(added), making ease into dis-ease; and comfort into dis-comfort. Not to mention the reason pure religion paid a visit is all were afflicted with a bad case of life + death(added) = dead end, result of love + fear(added) = forgiven + torment (added). It was the servant of a lord who first got forgiven and tormented after in Matthew 18. Hence pure religion paid a visit, not a ransom, to all such afflicted with such a bad case of grace + law is as blessed + cursed = accursed.

Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.

They not only wandered, but wondered, wondered why their precious law was so unfair, unjust, at times. As for deserts, we're told if any say Christ is in the desert, believe [it] not and go not forth. Many get suckered by Lent, into desert places of temptation; Not knowing God neither tempts nor can be tempted, and devilish law got abolished by Christ is the end of law: thereby the end of all law vs law and laws vs grace divisions, leaving us grace mercy peace. For as converted Peter tells his scatter-brained brethren, only grace will have mercy multiplies peace; so grow in grace.

Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

These all (all the old law heroes mentioned) "received NOT the promise": eternal life. Why not? Because receive the promise is preceded by doing the will of God: Hebrews 10, which is to have mercy and not sacrifice, which means God will have grace and not law, to have mercy and not sacrifice, to have peace and not confusion. God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace. Of three things good better best, they got a good report card, for playing their part well. But what many fail to see is Hebrews first asked for abolition of law at Mt Sinai in Arabia, as noted in Deuteronomy 18's midst, where it notes they well said in asking such accusation-all and condemnation-all law law not be spoken again. So salvation was to the Jew first, and Jesus is called Saviour of Israel, not Saviour of the world. Clarify, clarify, clarify.

Hebrews 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

We finally get to the conclusion, which notes God provided some "better" thing (of good/better), for "us" (of them/us), than trusting in the law for salvation, since it has a dead end that receives not the promise. Yet what God provided for us is "some" better thing of two things; but not yet the best of three things, which is not best for some, but for all. What's best for all speaks of all us, and no them at all. For we may be "of" the better of two thems, but us-ward is neither of them vs them, also above them/us part-iality. For when perfect comes, then that which is in part is done away: 1Cor 13. So the conclusion also notes that they without us should not be made (of created/made) perfect (of imperfect/perfect). For there is no respect of persons with God. So we are told to have not the faith of our Lord JC with partiality: James.

Compare the conclusion of Hebrews with the conclusion of the Bible:
Conclusion of To The Hebrews (a mini bible itself):  "Grace with you all. Amen."
Conclusion of Holy Bible: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen."

Go on --> Hebrews 12:  Of two allegoric mtns: Mt Sinai & Mt Sion, A God & Son are on Sion
(But remember there is a stumblingstone and rock of offense laid in Sion to watch out for)