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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 11
By faith we understand the word and work of God—Faith of the ancients
was centered in Christ—By faith men subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, and worked miracles.
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F A I T H
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1 NOW
afaith is the bsubstance of things
choped for, the devidence of things not
seen.
2 For by it the elders
aobtained a good breport.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds
were aframed by the bword of God,
so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appeara.
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3a so that things which are seen were not
made of things which do appear This is an awkward translations.
What is being stipulated here is a statement against evolution, that things
of God's creation and organization by the exercise of God's wisdom and faith
DID NOT fall naturally from things that were before. Rather, God by his wisdom
and faith did form man and the higher things of this earth in a manner which
preempted any natural evolution and were formed and based upon a design higher
and worked by faith to not be from that which was and did appear before. That
is, man did not evolve from a branch of the ape family. Man was designed and
'created' by God after that design by faith which was after the form and image
of God, not from anything that had appeared naturally from the earth.
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A B E L ~ E N O C H ~ N O A H
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4 By faith aAbel offered unto
God a more excellent bsacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by
it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith aEnoch was
btranslated that he should not see death; and was not
found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this
ctestimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without afaith it
is impossible to please him: for he that bcometh
to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
crewarder of them that ddiligently
eseek him.
7 By faith aNoah, being
bwarned of God of things not seen as yet,
cmoved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
drighteousness which is by faith.
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A B R A H A M
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8 By faith aAbraham, when he
was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an
binheritance, cobeyed; and he went out,
not dknowing whither he went.
9 By faith he asojourned in
the bland of cpromise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in dtabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a acity
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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S A R A
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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.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him
as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in
a multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having
received the apromises, but having seen them afar off, and
were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that
they were bstrangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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14 For they that say such things declare
plainly that they seek a acountry.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better
acountry, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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17 By afaith Abraham, when
he was btried, coffered up Isaac: and he
that had received the cpromises offered up his only
begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in
aIsaac shall thy bseed be called:
19 aAccounting that God
was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also
he received him in a figure.
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20 By faith Isaac ablessed
Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith aJacob, when he
was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning
upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith aJoseph, when he
died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones.
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M O S E S
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23 By faith aMoses, when he
was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was
a bproper child; and they were not afraid of the king's
commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years,
refused to be called the ason of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to
asuffer affliction with the bpeople of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the areproach
of Christa greater
briches than the treasures in Egypt: for
he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
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26a Exteeming the reproach of
Christ Did Moses know concerning Jesus Christ in his day? Of course
he did, as did all of the prophets. They all taught of Christ, even that his
name was to be Jesus. To attest this fact one need but read the first book of
Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea's Eccleseastical History, and that Moses did name
Aaron and the son of Nun by the very names of the Messiah, Aaron the Anointed
and the son of Nun as Jehoshua/Joshua which is the Hebrew of the name of
Jesus (Eusebius, EH, Book I Chapter 3 paragraphs 2-4). Also the JST in the
first Book of Moses does attest that Adam, Enoch and Noah knew of the Messiah
by name, Jesus Christ (Moses 6:52, 7:47 & 50, Moses 8:16 & 23-24). Further the
Book of Mormon does so state that all of the ancient prophets did prophesy of
the Christ to come 1 Nephi 1:19, Jacob 4:4-5, etc.). And for this they were so
persecuted, stoned and even killed as even Lehi of the Book of Mormon so left
Jerusalem under that same threat. Only the Jewish leadership did deny the
Christ, the same as in the day of Jesus as they did in the days of Lehi and
the other prophets who did teach of Christ (Matthew 1:22-23, Matthew 2:23,
Luke 18:31, John 1:45, Acts 3:18, etc.). The common people did look to the
coming of the Messiah, the Son of God, and that his name was to be Jehoshua/Jesus.
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27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the
apassover, and the sprinkling of bblood,
lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red
asea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to
do were drowned.
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30 By faith the awalls of
Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By afaith the harlot
bRahab perished not with cthem that
believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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32 And what shall I more say? for the time
would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of aBarak, and
of Samson, and of bJephthae; of David
also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained apromises, stopped the mouths of
blions,
34 Quenched the violence of
afire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were
made bstrong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.
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35 Women received their dead raised to life
again: and others were tortured, not accepting
adeliverance; that they might
obtain ba better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of
acruel bmockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were astoned, they
were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered
about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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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
agood breport through faith, received not
the promise:
40 aGod having
bprovided some better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made cperfect.
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