Vol 01 - Hope.

Vol 01 - Hope.
Bible Treasury, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, July 1856.
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Hope enters the heart, so to speak, as a physician or as a conqueror, to heal in the day of sorrow and disappointment, or to be the ascendant in the day of prosperity.
It is seen in the antediluvian saints, in the Genesis — fathers, in Joseph in Genesis 50:1-26; in Israel, in Exodus 12:1-51; in Moses, in Numbers 10:29; in David, in 1 Chronicles 29:15, in one or other of these.
The Lord had it as a conqueror in John 12:24, as a relief in Hebrews 12:2. We are called to it in each of these ways.
The Spirit forms it in the heart as necessarily as faith,* Exodus 12:7-11, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, Romans 5:12.
Different objects it apprehends — rest after conflict (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, 2 Timothy 4:1-22); a pure kingdom after a defiled world (2 Peter); Christ Himself (Luke 12:36, Matthew 25:4, 1 John 3:2-3); a harvest after a first-fruits (1 Corinthians 15:1-58).
{* Accordingly, at the beginning, Adam had no promise given him as to the future and glory, but as soon as he had faith, he had hope, walking as a stranger here, as well as a saved sinner.}