Since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect (teleioo) — the mystery unfolds: God provided (problepo) something better (kalon) for 'us' (believers in Christ); the Old Testament faithful cannot be perfected (teleioo) apart from the Christ-event. The patriarchs and prophets await the Christian fulfillment of the promises they embraced. This is the meaning of 'the great cloud of witnesses': they surround us as those whose faith finds completion only in Christ.

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