[1] Heb. 6:11, NLT. See also the story of Hagar and Ismael in Gen. 16. [2] Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing the Mountains (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2015), 21 of study guide from 2018. [3] Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018), 18, 26-27.
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