Seeing the Invisible – Hebrews 11:24-28

Faith acts on the invisible. II Corinthians 5:7 declares of Christians like minded with the apostle Paul: “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” later in the same section he notes: “For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” This second reality: The fact of final judgement, is the “invisible”, yet controlling factor in the believer's life, that moves/motivates him in a unique way. Hebrews also affirms faith in these terms as we have summarized by the phrase: “believing in and acting on the power and promises of God.” In the example of Moses in Hebrews 11, our author declares of him (27), that Moses acted... “as seeing Him who is invisible.” The promises and power of God are not always immediately obvious or tangible to us. They are in many ways “invisible”, yet to be fulfilled, or yet to be demonstrated in their fullest measure. Heb 11 exhorts us to live in light of them just the same, following in the footsteps of the great saints of old who looked to Jesus Christ, the – as yet to be revealed in the flesh – Messiah and Savior of His people...