God's House
Hebrews 3:1-6
"And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast."
(Hebrews 3:6)
Who is greater: Moses or Jesus? While this question may not burn in our minds today, it was certainly of major concern to the early, primarily Jewish Christians to which the author of Hebrews addressed his sermon-letter. For Jews, Moses was God's chief spokesperson, and therefore to count anyone as superior to him would have been a serious offense. But the author employs the image of God's household in order to illustrate that while Moses certainly played a critical role in God's plan, Jesus plays an even greater one.
You see, he says, Moses was simply part of the house (say, one of the bricks or a 4x4 beam). But Jesus is the builder of the house. He is the one who ultimately put Moses in the proper place in the structure. The author drives this point home when he writes that while Moses was faithful as a servant in God's house, Jesus is faithful as a son over God's house (v. 5-6). As such, the revelation we have received in Jesus is God's fullest and final revelation of Himself until He returns.
INSIGHT
Are you trusting in part of the house or in the Builder of the house?
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Ezekiel 7-8
Psalm 134
Galatians 5-6
Hebrews 3:1-6
Jesus Greater Than Moses
1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. 5 "Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,"[a] bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
Footnotes:
a. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
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