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And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. -Hebrews 11:39-40

The author of the Letter to the Hebrews sets forth an impressive list of biblical predecessors including Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, Joseph, the sons of Israel, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the Prophets.

Each of these in their own right is worthy of a best selling biography if for no other reason than their names are noted in the biblical texts. Yet your name, too, by virtue of your baptism into Christ Jesus, is written in the Book of Life.

These biblical characters of note are waiting for you to be perfected along with them in Christ Jesus at the last day. They are waiting not in the sense you experience time and space, but hidden for now, as all that is seen has been created from what is unseen.

The continuity that extends from the beginning over the span of all human history is given in the promise of salvation, which promise has been fulfilled completely through the innocent suffering and death of the Holy Son of God and His resurrection from the dead.

We too, like the biblical characters of old and believers in the centuries shortly following your Savior's resurrection, are still waiting to be perfected. To the extent you are given to abide in Christ through faith, each moment of every day is one of peeling away the stuff of the old Adam.

Is it not remarkable that even these ancient, biblical characters – even though they have entered into eternal joy and felicity - are still awaiting that time when all things are complete, namely the Last Day?

There are yet children whom the LORD God is forming and raising up for the praise of His glory, among whom you are counted. Do not lose heart.
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