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|Hebreus 11:11|
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age — and Sarah herself was barren — was enabled to become a father because he [Or By faith even Sarah, who was past age, was enabled to bear children because she] considered him faithful who had made the promise.
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|Hebreus 11:12|
And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
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|Hebreus 11:13|
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.
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|Hebreus 11:14|
People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
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|Hebreus 11:15|
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
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|Hebreus 11:16|
Instead, they were longing for a better country — a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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|Hebreus 11:17|
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
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|Hebreus 11:18|
even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring [Greek: seed] will be reckoned.” [Gen. 21:12]
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|Hebreus 11:19|
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.
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|Hebreus 11:20|
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.
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SÍMBOLOS APOCALÍPTICOS
Apocalipse 04-06
Como nosso espaço não permite explicar a infinidade de detalhes proféticos do Apocalipse, abaixo, listarei alguns dos seus símbolos, que lhe ajudarão, de uma maneira geral, a estudar este livro.
ABISMO: Terra em caos, sem forma e vazia (Gênesis 1, 2; Jeremias 4:23-28; Isaías 24:1-4, 19; Apocalipse 20:1-3).
ÁGUAS: Área habitada, pessoas, nações (Apocalipse 17:15).
ÁGUIA: Rapidez, força, visão, proteção (Deuteronômio 28:49; Habacuque 1:6-8; Apocalipse 12:14).
ANGÚSTIA: Teste, provação (I Coríntios 3:13; Hebreus 12:29; Isaías 33:14).
ANJO: Mensageiro (Daniel 8:15; 9:21; Lucas 1:19; Hebreus 1:14).
ARCA DO TESTEMUNHO: Arca do concerto, lugar de misericórdia, onde Deus habita (Êxodo 25:10-22; Salmos 80:1)
ARCO: Sucesso na batalha contra o mal (Salmos 7:11,12; 45:4,5)
ARCO-ÍRIS: Sinal do concerto (Gênesis 9:11-17)
ASAS: Rapidez (Habacuque 1:6-8; Jeremias 4:13; Êxodo 19:4)
BABILÔNIA: Religião apóstata, confusão (Gênesis 10:8-10; 11:6-9; Apocalipse 18:2, 3; 17:1-5)
BALAÃO, doutrina de: Valoriza seus próprios interesses, compromisso, idolatria (Números 22:5-25)
BESTA: Reino, governo, poder político (Apocalipse 17:8-11)
BRANCO: Pureza (Salmos 51:7, 1:18)
CABEÇAS: Governantes, legisladores, poderes supremos (Daniel 7:6; 8:8,22; Apocalipse 17:3-10)
CAVALO: Símbolo da batalha (Êxodo 15:21; Isaías 43:17; Jeremias 8:6; Ezequiel 38:15; Zacarias 10:3) – Representantes especiais, anjos (Zacarias 1:8-10; 6:1-8)
CHAVE: Controle, jurisdição (Isaías 22:22; Mateus 16:19)
CHAVE DE DAVI: Poder para abrir e fechar o santuário (Apocalipse 3:7,8; Isaías 22:22)
CHIFRES: Força e poder (Deuteronômio 33:17; Zacarias 1:18,19) – Rei ou reino (Salmos 88:17; Daniel 8:5, 21,22)
19 – COLÍRIO: Espírito Santo nos ajuda a ver a verdade, discernimento para compreender a Palavra, antídoto para a cegueira espiritual (Efésios 1:17-19; Salmos 119:18; Jeremias 2:20,27; João 16:7-13; 18:37; 3:11; Apocalipse. 1:5; 3:14; 19:11)
COMERCIANTES: Defensores dos ensinos de Babilônia (Isaías 47:11-15; Naum 3:16; Apocalipse 18:3, 11, 15, 23)
COMER O LIVRO: Assimilar a mensagem (Ezequiel 3:1-3; Jeremias 15:16)
CORDEIRO: Jesus / Sacrifício (João 1:29; I Coríntios 5:7; Gênesis 22:7,8)
COROAS: Realeza, vitória (I Crônicas 22:2; II Reis 11:12; Ezequiel 21:26,27; Tiago 1:12; II Timóteo 4:7,8; I Coríntios 9:25)
DIA: Ano Literal (Ezequiel 4:6; Números 14:34)
DIA DO SENHOR: O sábado (Isaías 58:13; Mateus 12:8; Êxodo 20:10)
DRAGÃO: Satanás e seus agentes (Isaías 27:1; 30:6; Salmos 74:13,14; Apocalipse 12:7-9; Ezequiel 29:3; Jeremias 51:34)
DUAS TESTEMUNHAS: Velho e novo testamento (João 5:39; Zacarias 4:1-14; Salmos 119:130,105; João 12:48)
EGITO: Símbolo do ateísmo (Êxodo 5:2)
ESPADA: Matança, destruição (Isaías 3:25; 13:15; Atos 12:1,2; Jeremias 48:2)
ESPADA DE DOIS GUMES: Palavra de Deus, Espada do Espírito (Efésios 6:17; Hebreus 4:12; Mateus 10:34; Isaías 49:2)
ESPADA DO CORDEIRO: Nova Jerusalém (Apocalipse 19:7-9; 21:2, 9, 10)
ESTRELAS: Anjos (Apocalipse 1:16, 20; 12:4; 7-9; Jó 38:7)
Como você pôde perceber, a lista continua. Se quiser recebê-la completa, escreva-nos, e lhe enviaremos a mesma.
Que Deus lhe abençoe.
Valdeci Júnior
Fátima Silva