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Hebrews 10:34

First Nations Version

You shared in the pain of those who were in prison. When your own possessions were stolen, you accepted it with glad hearts, knowing that you have been given better possessions that will never fade away.

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These shared blessings are kept safe in the spirit-world above, where they will never grow old, become impure, or fade away.


May our Honored Chief show kindness to the family of Bringer of Good Things (Onesiphorus), for he was like a drink of cool water to me and was never ashamed to visit me in prison.


My sacred family members, whenever your trust in the Great Spirit is tested, count it as a reason to dance for joy.


Keep the ones who are in prison in your thoughts as if you were there with them, and those who are mistreated as if you in your own body shared their suffering.


This is the reason I now represent the Great Spirit as a captive in chains. Pray that I will speak with boldness and not hold back.


“Share your possessions with the ones in need, and you will have money pouches that never wear out, filled with possessions from the spirit-world above.


Much-loved friends, we are now Creator’s children. It is not yet clear what we will be. But we know that when the Chosen One appears, we will be like him, for we will see him as he truly is.


But they are longing for a better land—one from the spirit-world above. That is why Creator is not ashamed to be called their Great Spirit and has prepared for them a village to live in.


In this way, they will be storing up and preparing themselves for the life of the world to come, the true life of beauty and harmony that never grows old or fades away.


This love and trust come from the hope you have in Creator’s promises kept safe for you in the spirit-world above. It is the same hope you heard about when you were told the words of truth found in Creator’s good story.


It is right for me to think of you in this way, for you hold a warm place in my heart. You have shared with me in the gift of Creator’s great kindness, both in my chains and when I stand on the truth of the good story.


Because I walk the road with our Honored Chief, I have been made a prisoner. I now call on you to join me in representing him in a good way as you follow the path he has chosen for you.


Because I, Small Man (Paul), follow the Chosen One and represent you Nations in this way, I have been arrested and put in chains.


The head soldier arrested him and had him bound with two chains of iron. He then asked the crowd who this man was and what he had done.


So the message bearers left the Grand Council. Their hearts were glad that they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the reputation of Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


But you must set your heart on the one thing that matters. That is what Healing Tears (Mary) has done, and I will not take it from her.”


“Only one thing remains,” he answered. “Take all of your possessions and give them to the ones who have none, and then you will have great possessions in the spirit-world above.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) then gave the man the same invitation that he gave to his message bearers. “Come,” he said to the man, “and walk the road with me.”


It has taken me down a troubled path, one that includes being put in chains as an outlaw. But Creator’s message can never be locked up.


Our bodies are like tipis that we live in here on earth. If our tipi wears out and is taken down in death, we know for sure that the Great Spirit has a better lodge for us in the spirit-world above. That lodge is not made with human hands and will never grow old or wear out.


“It is for this very reason that I have asked to see and speak with you, for I wear these chains because I have the same hope held by all the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel).” Small Man (Paul) then stopped speaking, looked calmly into their faces, and waited for them to reply.


There is a chief’s headdress for doing what is right waiting for me in the spirit-world above. Our Honored Chief, whose decisions are always right, will honor me with a headdress on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved his appearing.


How will it help you to get everything you want but lose what it means to be who Creator made you to be? Is there anything in this world worth trading for that?


This is why it must be the Chosen One who makes a new peace treaty between human beings and the Great Spirit. His death was the price he paid to release people from their failure to walk true to the first peace treaty. This new peace treaty was needed so that those who answer his call will share in all the promised blessings that will never fade away.


For we are not seeking an earthly village that will fade away. We are seeking the village that is coming down from the spirit-world above, one that will remain.





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