III. They HERALDED the Scriptures (vv. 7-10)
A. They were EXAMPLES to all. (v. 7)
B. They EVANGELISED their nation and the surrounding areas. (vv. 8-9)

C. Their Earnest EXPECTATION. (v. 10) And to wait for His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come 9" class="scriptRef">9.8" class="scriptRef">18" class="scriptRef">18" class="scriptRef">18" class="scriptRef">Genesis 49:18; Exodus 12:13, 23" class="scriptRef">23; 19.25-Job.19.27" class="scriptRef">Job 19:25-27; 21:30; Psalm 7:6; Isaiah 25:8-9; 34" class="scriptRef">34" class="scriptRef">34.2-Isa.34.4" class="scriptRef">34:2-4; 53:12; 59:16; 22.30" class="scriptRef">Ezekiel 22:30; Daniel 12:1-2; Nahum 1:2; Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 3:7; 13:49-50; 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; 26:64; 27:62-63; 28.6-Matt.28.7" class="scriptRef">28:6-7; Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34; 14" class="scriptRef">14.28" class="scriptRef">14:28; 16:5, 14; Luke 2:25; 9:22; 37" class="scriptRef">12:36-37; 18:31-33; 21:36; 24:6-7, 34, 46; John 10:18; 14:3; 21:14; Acts 1:11; 2:24, 34; 3:15; 4:10; 5:30-31; 7:55; 10:40-42; 13:30, 37; 17:31; Romans 1:4, 18; 2:5, 7; 4:24-25; 5:9-10; 6:4, 9; 7:4; 8:11, 23-25, 34; 10:9; 11:26; 1 Corinthians 1:7; 4:5; 6:14-15; 15:4-21, 51-58; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 4:14; 5:15; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20-21; 5:6; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 1:13, 18; 2:12; 3:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:16, 19; 3:13; 4:13-18; 5:1-11, 23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2:1-2, 8; 3:1-5; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 2:8; 4:1, 18; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 4:14; 7:25; 9:24, 28; 12:2; 1 Peter 1:3, 21-22; 3:18, 22; 2 Peter 2:9; 3:12, 14; 1 John 1:7, 9; Revelation 1:7, 18; 3:10; 6:16-17; 22:20