HEBREWS 3:1 Jesus Is Superior to the Mosaic Law. Having concluded that Jesus is superior to the mediators of the Mosaic law (angels, Hebrews 2:2), the author now establishes Jesus’ superiority to Moses (Hebrews 3:1), to the Aaronic high priesthood (Hebrews 4:14), to the former covenant (Hebrews 8:1)... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:3 MORE GLORY. Despite Moses’ great faithfulness, Jesus is superior. HOUSE. Jesus as the Son of God has a privileged place in the household of God (1 Chronicles 17:14). Moses remains a valued servant in that household (Numbers 12:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:6 CHRIST is the Greek equivalent of “Messiah,” meaning “anointed one” (see Hebrews 1:9). WE ARE HIS HOUSE. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:7 The contrasting of Jesus and Moses (Hebrews 3:1) leads to a comparison of their followers’ responses. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:12 Drawing on Psalms 95:1, Hebrews 1:1 warns against allowing the unbelief of a HARDENED, sinful HEART to cause one to FALL AWAY (“turn away from, forsake”; compare Luke 8:13; 1 Timothy 4:1). AS LONG AS IT IS CALLED “TODAY.” From the perspective of God’s [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:14 The true Christian will endure TO THE END. The condition (IF INDEED) has been understood in various ways. Some have argued that the condition (“if”) indicates that true Christians can lose their salvation. Scripture is clear, however, that true believers cannot lose thei... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 3:15 Quoting Psalms 95:7 again, the author draws several points from the failure of the exodus generation (see especially Exodus 17:1; Numbers 14:20). They witnessed God’s salvation and many miracles in the exodus, and yet they had responded in disobedience and UNBELIEF, so t... [ Continue Reading ]