Hebrews 11:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For he looked for a city, &c.— "He had dwelt in Canaan, I say, as in a strange country; for he expected, according to God's promise, to dwell in the city of the heavenly Jerusalem, which is not removed from place to place, like a tent, but has solid and unshaken foundations; the builder or maker of which city is God himself, who can preserve it for ever." The grounds of Abraham's expecting to dwell in an eternal state of blessedness in the heavenly Jerusalem, do not appear to have been any arguments suggested by natural reason, but the express promise of God; for his faith here mentioned, is his faith in divine revelation, as faith signifies throughout the chapter. All that he expected in another world, is promised in God's covenant with Abraham to be his God. There is a strong and beautiful contrast between the expression in this verse, and that of dwelling in tabernacles in the preceding verse. Tents or tabernacles have no foundations; the buildings of a city have. See Hebrews 11:16.