Hebrews 11:31

If we could read this chapter like the original readers,We would see this verse had been sneaking up on them– thumbing through Israel’s history, the writer cites examples of faith• there’s a similar historical review in Acts chapter 7◦ but there, Stephen uses Israel’s history to make a different point• Stephen lists the regular heroes found in the Old Testament◦ Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David provided spiritual leadership for Israel◦ and also a theological foundation for the people– so reading this list in Hebrews we can anticipate who will come next• in v. 29, the people crossed Red Sea–we know that would relate to Moses• v. 30, the walls of Jericho fell down–we know that would relate to Joshua◦ only Joshua is conspicuously absent from this list