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| 1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus; |
The Apostle and Hight Priest – "The Apostle Paul calls our attention in this [spiritual - site Editor] direction saying, "Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus." (Heb. 3:1.) But how few of those who read the Scriptures have ever followed the Apostle's suggestion? how few have ever considered Jesus from the standpoint suggested, --as the Church's Apostle or special teacher sent of God to specially guide and instruct the Church, and as the church's High Priest to whom the faithful occupy the relationship of under priests? Had more consideration been given by the Lord's people to these matters, a larger number would undoubtedly be much farther advanced than they are today, in the knowledge and love of God. They would have seen that if Christ is a special teacher, a special High Priest of the Church, and the Church his special pupils, brethren and under priests, then there must be, according to the Scriptures, at some future time, a still greater blessing in which both High Priests and under priests will be the agents of God in blessing all the families of the earth." - R3313:6 |
| 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. |
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| 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much more as he that built the house hath more honor than the house. |
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| 4 for every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God. |
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| 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; |
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| 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope. |
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7 Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith,Today if ye shall hear his voice,
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8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,
Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
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9 Where your fathers tried me by proving me,
And saw my works forty years.
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10 Wherefore I was displeased with this generation,
And said, They do always err in their heart:
But they did not know my ways;
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I – Jehovah God.
Was grieved – Because of their unbelief. Even after seeing all his wonders in their release from the slavery of Egypt.
With that generation – Those living at the time they reached the promised land - because they did not exercise enough faith in God to enter into the land. |
11 As I sware in my wrath,
They shall not enter into my rest. |
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| 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: |
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| 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called Today; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: |
Today – In one sense this refers to the Gospel Age, the age of sacrifice. More particularly though it refers to RIGHT NOW! Consider what Paul is saying in this context. He is comparing typical Israel, those who had already come into covenant relationship with God, and their opportunity to come into the land of promise, with us in our covenant relationship with God and our opportunity to enter into rest. If Israel had obeyed immediately, God would have driven out the inhabitants for them, little by little. But since they did not obey but instead listened to the evil report of the 10 spies, when they did come to the promised land, they had to do the battle and drive out the inhabitants themselves (though it was still with God's help.) |
| 14 for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: |
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15 while it is said,Today if ye shall hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. |
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| 16 For who, when they heard, did provoke? no, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? |
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| 17 And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? |
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| 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient? |
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| 19 And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief. |
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