Thursday, November 13, 2008

Hebrews Chapter 3

vs 1

It's not that they didn't necessarily accept Jesus, but the call here is to focus on him, because he is the apostle (the one who was sent with the message) and is also the high priest (who mediates between people and God).

vs 2

Moses was pretty faithful, if a bit of a whinger and certainly not perfect. So Jesus was at least as good as him.

vs 3

So Moses is a house? Is the inference here that everything Moses had was built on him by Christ, even though Christ comes after temporally? I don't think that's too long a bow.

vs 4

And this backs me up.

vs 5

TNIV and NASB put the first part of this verse as a quote from Numbers 12:7.

The idea that Moses was faithful to what was yet to come really is a temporal spin. Is the inference that Moses had revealed to him more than what is given in the pentateuch?

vs 6

The comparison here is that Moses was a servant, but Christ is the Son. Now for the kicker - the church is the house!

vs 7-11

The thing to notice here is that it is the Holy Spirit that is given this voice - and so strengthening the idea that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit working in the writers. Of course, the Psalm is speaking the words of God directly, so it's not water tight.

Psalm 95, this is. And it builds up as a foundation for many points that are yet to be made. The word "today" will be focused on as the time to come to God, rather than going from God as the Israelites did. The other main point is that of rest, and what is meant by rest in the long view of the Bible.

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