11:9
This world is not our permanent home. We live here, and we have to live here, but there is a sense of a lack permanency. The risk is that we respond to this by trying to make ourselves completely at home here, looking for security in this world. The prosperity gospel could be said to be an attempt to do this. In the context of Hebrews, the people were in danger of looking to the Levitical system to provide their security. The writer is emphasising the impermanence, something that was experienced by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the founding fathers of the nation of Israel. So there was nothing unusual, nor unbiblical, about the Hebrew’s position. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were heirs of the promise and lived in impermanence, so would they.
11:10
Why did Abraham live in this state of impermanence? Because he was looking forward to a better city, a better home, a home what was built by God. We are doing the same. We should not expect to find security in this world, security comes only from trusting in Christ. We look for our security and our reward in Him alone. Remember that in Genesis 15:1 God said to Abraham: “I am your shield, your very great reward”. We are looking for something better.
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