For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified [are] all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

"And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

"Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

Moreover He said, "I [am] the God of your father -- the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This [is] My name forever, and this [is] My memorial to all generations.'

" But you, Israel, [are] My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.

Fear not, for I [am] with you; Be not dismayed, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

"At the same time," says the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."

"But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

"But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the [burning] bush [passage,] how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

"But even Moses showed in the [burning] bush [passage] that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

"[saying,] 'I [am] the God of your fathers -- the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look.

for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.

For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

"Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

"Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,