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===Earth, the City of Refuge=== | ===Earth, the City of Refuge=== | ||
The sinners of the city of refuge are set free through the death of the high priest and return to their home. The Bible also tells us about our home where we will return through the death of Jesus the High Priest. | The sinners of the city of refuge are set free through the death of the high priest and return to their home. The Bible also tells us about our home where we will return through the death of Jesus the High Priest. | ||
{{quote5 |내용=If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better | {{quote5 |내용=If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a '''better country'''—'''a heavenly one.''' |출처=[https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+11%3A14-16&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_nas&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 Hebrews 11:14–16]}} | ||
The writer of the book of [[Hebrews]] wrote that the country where the forefathers of faith longed to return is the heavenly country. This suggests that the fundamental home country that human beings should long for is heaven, not this earth, and that the earth is the city of refuge for sinners. | The writer of the book of [[Hebrews]] wrote that the country where the forefathers of faith longed to return is the heavenly country. This suggests that the fundamental home country that human beings should long for is heaven, not this earth, and that the earth is the city of refuge for sinners. | ||