Chapter 3. General Epistles Paul compares Him as an Apostle to Moses; as High Priest to Aaron. To provoke God, when he is trying us, and letting us see that we entirely depend and live immediately upon him, is a provocation with a witness. Chapter 10. Close and serious consideration of Christ would be of great advantage to us to increase our acquaintance with him, and to engage our love and our obedience to him, and reliance on him. Parallel with this line of argument as to His superiority to angels ( Hbr 1:4 ) runs that which here follows as to His superiority to Moses ( Hbr 3:3 ): (1) because as Son over the house; He is above the servant in the house ( Hbr 3:5, 6 ), just as the angels were shown to be but ministering (serving) spirits ( Hbr 1:14 ), whereas He is the Son ( Hbr 3:7, 8 ); (2) because the bringing of Israel into the promised rest, which was not finished by Moses, is accomplished by Him ( Hbr 4:1-11 ), through His being not merely a leader and lawgiver as Moses, but also a propitiatory High Priest ( Hbr Jesus is "faithful," be not ye unfaithful ( Hbr 3:2, 12 ). (1.) Original Language Tools. After all, it is God who had built the house of Israel into a numerous people and had appointed Moses over them. Lesson 9: To Endure, Consider Jesus (Hebrews 3:1-6) ... (The phrase, “firm until the end” was probably not original and was inserted from 3:14; Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament [United Bible Societies], second ed., p. 595). . Jesus is greater than Moses. Who was faithful--The Greek implies also that He still is faithful, namely, as our mediating High Priest, faithful to the trust God has assigned Him ( Hbr 2:17 ). Greek, "made"; so in Hbr 5:5 1Sa 12:6, Margin; Act 2:36; so the Greek fathers. (Hebrews 3:1) Hebrews 3 – Jesus, Superior to Moses A. They did not know his ways; neither those ways of his providence in which he had walked towards them, nor those ways of his precept in which they ought to have walked towards God; they did not observe either his providences or his ordinances in a right manner. 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Historical Books There are a great many who in the beginning of their profession show a great deal of courage and confidence, but do not hold them fast to the end. With a characteristic description of those persons who constitute this house: I. The Old Testament The Gospels The Old Testament The Gospels So Hbr 3:17, 18, are interrogative: (1) the beginning of the provocation, soon after the departure from Egypt, is marked in Hbr 3:16; (2) the forty years of it conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Poetical Books Our website uses cookies to store user preferences.       my rest--Canaan, primarily, their rest after wandering in the wilderness: still, even when in it, they never fully enjoyed rest; whence it followed that the threat extended farther than the exclusion of the unbelieving from the literal land of rest, and that the rest promised to the believing in its full blessedness was, and is, yet future: Psa 25:13 37:9, 11, 22, 29, and Christ's own beatitude ( Mat 5:5 ) all accord with this, Hbr 3:9. CHRIST IS BETTER THAN MOSES; CHRIST GREATER THAN MOSES; BOTH CHRIST AND MOSES ARE FAITHFUL; CHRIST TO RECEIVE GREATER GLORY; EXHORTATION AGAINST APOSTASY; WARNING FROM THE FATE OF ISRAEL. 15. He is faithful to that appointment, punctually observing all the rules and orders of his mediation, and fully executing the trust reposed in him by his Father and by his people. Hebrews 3:1-4:13. General Epistles Sep 15, 2012 . Consider what he is in himself, what he is to us, and what he will be to us hereafter and for ever; consider him, fix your thoughts upon him with the greatest attention, and act towards him accordingly; look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. . Moses was faithful in the discharge of his office to the Jewish church in the Old Testament, and so is Christ under the New; this was a proper argument to urge upon the Jews, who had so high an opinion of the faithfulness of Moses, and yet his faithfulness was but typical of Christ's. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. [3.] 2. (3.) hear--obediently. (3.) The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the most beautiful ones of the NT. unto the end--unto the coming of Christ ( Hbr 12:2 ). The Old Testament Hebrews 2:5-18 commentary. Subsequently when they hardened their heart in unbelief still more, He sware in His wrath ( Hbr 3:11 ); an ascending gradation (compare Hbr 3:17, 18 ). The just and great resentment God had at their sins, and yet the great patience he exercised towards them (. . of Scripture. Wisdom Literature Major Prophets (4.) Skip to content. The saints' privilege: they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all that is Christ's, in all that he is, in all that he has done, or can do. As the apostle of our profession, the prime-minister of the gospel church, a messenger and a principal messenger sent of God to men, upon the most important errand, the great revealer of that faith which we profess to hold and of that hope which we profess to have. the beginning of our confidence--that is, the confidence (literally, substantial, solid confidence) of faith which we have begun ( Hbr 6:11 12:2 ). (2.) The likeness of Moses to Messiah was foretold by Moses himself ( Deu 18:15 ). Johannine Writings Scripture: Hebrews 3:12–14. The apostle puts some queries upon what had been before mentioned, and gives proper answers to them And observe. Wisdom Literature Luke-Acts The New Testament The apostle resumes what he had quoted before from. Hbr 2:17, 18 ).       not known my ways--not known practically and believingly the ways in which I would have had them go, so as to reach My rest ( Exd 18:20 ). (4.) So--literally, "as." Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus. Personal Resources. 4. 1. But the oldest manuscripts read, "this." John Piper Apr 19, 2017 5.3K Shares Sermon. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Wherefore--Greek, "Whence," that is, seeing we have such a sympathizing Helper you ought to "consider attentively," "contemplate"; fix your eyes and mind on Him with a view to profiting by the contemplation ( Hbr 12:2 ). The Greek verb is used purposely instead of "builded," in order to mark that the building meant is not a literal, but a spiritual house: the Church both of the Old Testament and New Testament; and that the building of such a house includes all the preparations of providence and grace needed to furnish it with "living stones" and fitting "servants." Hebrews 3:3 – Just as the builder of a house is counted more worthy than the house he has built, so is God more worthy than Moses whom He had appointed over the house of Israel. was--Greek, "has been." Prophets Apr 19, 2017. 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Someone must be the establisher of every house; Moses was not the establisher of the house, but a portion of it (but He who established all things, and therefore the spiritual house in question, is God). Jesus, the founder of our salvation . of you--The "you" is emphatic, as distinguished from "your fathers" ( Hbr 3:9 ). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. General Epistles Harden not your hearts--This phrase here only is used of man's own act; usually of God's act ( Rom 9:18 ). Minor Prophets Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a He enforces the admonition with an affectionate compellation: (1.) ), was it not all that came out of Egypt?" Though God grieves long, and bears long, when pressed with the weight of general and prevailing wickedness, yet he will at length ease himself of public offenders by public judgments. An ambassador in the absence of the king is very distinguished--in the presence of the king he falls back into the multitude [BENGEL]. James. Pauline Epistles [1.] 1. Hebrews 3:7 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hebrews 3:7, NIV: "So, as the Holy Spirit says: 'Today, if you hear his voice," Hebrews 3:7, ESV: "Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice," Hebrews 3:7, KJV: "Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice," (2.) 16. Luke-Acts whose house are we--Paul and his Hebrew readers. Hebrews 3 Jesus is greater than Moses. One old manuscript, with Vulgate and LUCIFER, reads, "which house"; but the weightiest manuscripts support English Version reading. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Sin, long continued in, will kindle the divine wrath, and make it flame out against sinners. Pauline Epistles Note. -------------------- conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Take heed--to be joined with "wherefore," Hbr 3:7. This tends to make them watchful and diligent, and so keeps them from apostasy. . All sin, especially sin committed by God's … We should be doing all the good we can to one another while we are together, which will be but a short and uncertain time. Thank you for registering. He departs from them--the worst of woes. Johannine Writings We tell people that we believe in Jesus as the messenger that God has sent. 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Hence as what applies to Him, applies also to His people, the When man is spoken of as the agent in hardening, the phrase usually is, "harden his neck," or "back" ( Neh 9:17 ). CONSIDER JESUS OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST Click chart to enlarge Charts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Hebrews - Charles Swindoll - Chart on right . -------------------- Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. (1.) Minor Prophets Hebrews 3. said--"grieved," or "displeased," at their first offense. 4:14 5:10 ). daily--Greek, "on each day," or "day by day." Exhortation from Psa 95:7-11, not through unbelief to lose participation in the spiritual house. God punishes such apostates in kind. Volume 1 covers Hebrews chapters 1-8. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Hebrews. (2.) . The sins of others, especially of our relations, should be warnings to us. Now as to the sin of the fathers of the Jews, here reflected upon, observe. Share this page using one of these tools: Email / username or password was incorrect! Therefore: From the previous chapter, we are left with the picture of Jesus as our heavenly High Priest. Pentateuch He helps us as God's most important priest. Thus, as Christ the Founder and Establisher (in Old Testament as well as the New Testament) is greater than the house so established, including the servants, He is greater also than Moses, who was but a "servant." But Christ--was and is faithful ( Hbr 3:2 ). Christ is faithful; therefore, saith Paul to the Hebrews, we ought not to be faithless as our fathers were under Moses. 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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. The "forty years" joined in the Hebrew and Septuagint, and below, Hbr 3:17, with "I was grieved," is here joined with "they saw." "That from among you no one (so the Greek order is in some of the oldest manuscripts) be hardened" ( Hbr 3:8 ). Wisdom Literature Poetical Books Major Prophets He redeemed the Old Testament Church, not less than the New, with his blood, and caused it to grow by his Spirit. Once again the writer echoes those almost haunting words of Psalm 95. Poetical Books For some--rather interrogatively, "For WHO was it that, when they had heard (referring to 'if ye will hear,' Hbr 3:15 ), did provoke (God)?" Johannine Writings Hebrews 2:3 Commentary. . (3.) THE SON OF GOD GREATER THAN MOSES, WHEREFORE UNBELIEF TOWARDS HIM WILL INCUR A HEAVIER PUNISHMENT THAN BEFELL UNBELIEVING ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Hebrews 3 Inductive Bible Study Notes and Discussion Questions . Jesus did everything that God wanted, just like Moses. The aggravations of their sin: they sinned in the wilderness, where they had a more immediate dependence upon God: they sinned when God was trying them; they sinned when they saw his works-works of wonder wrought for their deliverance out of Egypt, and their support and supply in the wilderness from day to day. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Christ enters His Father's house as the Master [OVER it], but Moses as a servant [IN it, Hbr 3:2, 5 ] [CHRYSOSTOM]. All sin, especially sin committed by God's professing privileged people, does not only anger and affront God, but it grieves him. God is loth to destroy his people in or for their sin, he waits long to be gracious to them. Wisdom Literature Hebrews 2 Resources. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point -------------------- Pauline Epistles So Hebrews 3:17 Hebrews 3:18, are interrogative: (1) the beginning of the provocation, soon after the departure from Egypt, is marked in Hebrews 3:16; (2) the forty years of it in the wilderness, Hebrews 3:17; (3) the denial of entrance into the land of rest, Hebrews 3:18. 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Pentateuch The lesson intended to be hinted to the Hebrew Christians is, their "to-day" is to last only between the first preaching of the Gospel and Jerusalem's impending overthrow, namely, FORTY YEARS; exactly the number of years of Israel's sojourn in the wilderness, until the full measure of their guilt having been filled up all the rebels were overthrown. 3. 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The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God they should maintain and evidence to the end. as mentioned in Heb. Chapter 8. Christian brethren have need to be cautioned against apostasy. Pentateuch We must guard constantly against the seeds of selfishness and rebellion that are so prevalent in this present evil age. . -------------------- Other prophets only explained Moses, who was in this respect superior to them; but Christ was like Moses, yet superior. John Piper Sep 15, 2012 2K Shares Sermon. 7-11. The titles he gives to Christ, whom he would have them consider. Les Feldick Bible Study 2,170 views (3.) your fathers--The authority of the ancients is not conclusive [BENGEL]. Minor Prophets Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. Hebrews 3:1-6 commentary. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Pentateuch Shape of the letter to the Hebrews 1 Jesus, son of God, greater than all 1:1-2:18 The greatness of the Son 1:1-3 Jesus is superior to *angels in his person 1:4-14 Jesus is superior to *angels in his message 2:1-4 Jesus is superior to *angels as a *human being 2:5-18. ( Hbr 3:6 ). advertisement. Recipients, Author and Time of Writing. But--Translate, "Moreover," as it is not in contrast to Hbr 3:16, but carrying out the same thought. Minor Prophets 4. . while it is called To-day--while the "to-day" lasts (the day of grace, Luk 4:21, before the coming of the day of glory and judgment at Christ's coming, Hbr 10:25, 37 ). Chapter 4. 1 So, Christian friends, think carefully about who Jesus is. Chapter 9. . Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! 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That he is as faithful to him that appointed him as Moses was in all his house. This is why The words "of our profession," mark that it is not of the legal ritual, but of our Christian faith, that He is the High Priest. Hebrews 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" (Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, but this attribution has been disputed since the second century and there is no decisive evidence for the authorship. 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