For they know Whom they have trusted! Jesus Christ is the "Apostle" (lit. In giving of the law God spoke on earth, but He now speaketh from heaven. Of our profession—Or, rather, confession. He alone, as sent Son, speaks to us as antithesis to the whole body of prophets, (Hebrews 1:1-2;) nay, he is an outbeaming radiation sent from the divine Essence, (Hebrews 1:3;) he thence took part of our flesh, (Hebrews 1:14.) Because of all he has said about the superiority of Jesus the writer now calls on his ‘holy brothers and sisters’ to consider Him. In particular, the contents of the second chapter are gathered up in this verse, almost every word of which recalls some previous statement or result. Both His Apostleship and High Priesthood are comprehended in the one title, Mediator (Bengel). sent by his Father. to consider the apostle and high priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, nous), to put the mind down on a thing, to fix the mind on as in, τον αποστολον και αρχιερεα της ομολογιας ημων, The Apostle and High Priest of our confession, ton apostolon kai archierea tēs homologias hēmōn. In view of the unutterable Grace that had formed such purposes toward their unworthy selves they are filled with rapturous thanksgiving. Being Himself a man of sorrows and acquainted with griefs, He was also well qualified to sympathize with His afflicted people. He compares Christ as an apostle, with Moses; as a priest, with Aaron. If your God is not a living God to you in whom you live and move and have your being, if he does not come into your daily life, but if your religion is a dead and formal thing, then you will soon depart. profession. Let us now fully and steadily analyze his nature in each office. Read Introduction to Hebrews. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. The word apostle means one who is sent on a mission with authority to speak and act. The High Priest was one taken out of the people, and bound to the people by ties of the closest and most intimate kind. 1:2, 8). Hebrews 1:1-2; John 1:14; John 3:17; John 3:34; John 5:36; John 5:38; et al.). c. Partakers of the heavenly calling: Because Jesus is committed to bringing many sons to glory (Hebrews 2:10), we are partners in His heavenly calling. In this sense, Moses was sent by God. Hebrews 3:2-3. Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Our occupation and our calling henceforth is to serve the Lord. Both are contained in the one word Mediator. Jesus, our chief priest. Context Summary. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (6) But Christ as a son over his own house. God speaks very lovingly of the bodies of his saints but see how he speaks of the bodies of apostates, “whose carcases” as if they were no better than so many brute beasts, “whose carcases fell in the wilderness.”. Hebrews 3:1-6 Jesus is Greater Than Moses. Let your minds penetrate deeply into the significance of these facts.”, means: one who is sent on an important mission. He alone combines both offices which those two brothers held apart. Sinning and not believing seem to go together. 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Peter exhorts us to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (not grow "in grace," as Often wrongly quoted, but grow in the grace and experimental favor and acquaintanceship of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself). The Lord, the Spirit, calls upon the Church, to pause, and contemplate, the Person of Jesus. is added to preclude the possibility of error. Liberty University A Commentary Comparison on the Difficult Interpretation of Hebrews 6:1-8 A paper submitted to Dr. Adeyemi In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the course NBST 654 Liberty Theological seminary By Christopher W. Myers Lynchburg, … The Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.âThe best MSS. (Hebrews 2:11) It should bless and encourage us that Jesus calls us His holy brethren. Every believer, from the first moment of his new life in Christ, has thus the germ of perfect holiness, although sanctification is also represented as a growth in holiness, and advancement in conformity to God, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. “Our belief in Christ (compare Matthew 16:16), which sets us apart from non-Christian Jews.”, 1.Wherefore, holy brethren, etc. No, God grant we may be of another sort lest he should lift his hand and swear, “They shall not enter into my rest.”. I won’t ask for a show of hands, but there are probably many of you who made New Year’s resolutions that have already fallen by the wayside. Hebrews 3:13-14. Moses kept the law and was a good example to Israel save in some point of weakness, but Christ perfectly carried out his Father’s commission, and he is worthy of more honour than Moses. He gives the Hebrews a proper caution, and enforces it with an affectionate compellation.1. The frequent use of by our Lord to denote the Father’s mission of the Son authorises the present application of . Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus. It is written of the Corinthians, who at that time were "babes in Christ," that they were "sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints"; and that God, "Who is faithful," would also "confirm them unto the end," that they might be "unreprovable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. ‘Brethren’ reminds us of the fact that they are one together with Him as ‘brothers’. ‘Of our confession.’ He is the One Whom they confess before the world as their God-given Saviour and Lord, and in Whose name they live out their lives in the world revealing His glory, the One Whom they proclaim as the revelation of God in all His fullness, and the One Whom they declare to be the Master of their destinies. Let us now fully and steadily analyze his nature in each office. 1. It is the description both of the order of life and being into which God has created a creature, and also of that order of life befitting such creation. This purpose he has in the first two chapters sought to achieve by comparing Christ with those who … sense of “fellow-Christians,” cf.Matthew 23:8. Here for the first time the writer designates his readers, and he does so in a form peculiar to himself (the reading in 1 Thessalonians 5:27 being doubtful) , “Christian brethren,” literally “brethren consecrated,” separated from the world and dedicated to God. is several times used in this epistle without the epithet. . He draws a Comparison between Christ and Moses. Wherefore, [ Hothen (Greek #3606)] - 'Whence;' i:e., Seeing we have such a sympathizing Helper, you ought to 'contemplate attentively,' fix your mind on Him, so as to profit by the contemplation (Hebrews 12:2). The usual New Testament meaning of this is “fellow Christians,” including both men and women. Let your minds penetrate deeply into the significance of these facts.” Whom God sent.Apostle means: one who is sent on an important mission. 3:17, 18: It was not the intention of God, in revealing to us a marvellous "calling" into which He had foreordained us, to have us become negligent. We should give careful attention to Jesus because of our solidarity as brothers and our holy calling as participants in His future reign and joy ( Hebrews 2:10-12). He was the complete Deliverer. Hebrews 12:25. It is probable that the expression, ‘Apostle and Priest of our confession,’ means even more than ‘sent by God and accepted by us.’ When the high priest went into the holy place on the day of Atonement, he was called the apostle, the messenger of the nation whom he represented, and for whom as priest he pleaded. (1) Wherefore.âThe address which here begins (the first direct address in the Epistle) bears the same relation to all that has preceded, as Hebrews 2:1-4 bears to the first chapter. Jesus is not a servant, but the Son of God. For that is where they are now destined for, the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:10), the heavenly Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22). Since the Jewish sacrificial system still seems to be intact at the time of the writing of Hebrews, it seems obvious that it was written prior to the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. ‘Holy’ reminds us of His act of sanctifying (making holy) them and making them brothers and sisters (Hebrews 2:11). The Jews were called to a promised land here on earth; Christians are called by God to Eternity! He is the Son, and the High Priest. Hebrews 3:1. It was not exclusively directed to them. The Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus. Hebrews 3:1. August 11, 2013. , “of our confession,” or, whom we, in distinction from men of other faiths, confess; chiefly no doubt in distinction from the non-Christian Jews. Consider then ’ “the Apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus,” the single article brackets the two designations and Bengel gives their sense: “ . It seems strange so few commentaries written from a Torah-perspective have been forthcoming from the pool of Messianic teachers in our time. Greek. Hebrews 3:17. "Profession" corresponds to God having spoken to us by His Son, as Apostle and High Priest. And High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus: ÐоÑланника и ÐеÑвоÑвÑÑенника «, A Comparison Between Jesus and Moses, The One The Son Over The House, The Other The Servant In The House (. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Temporary Christians are not really Christians. Philippians 3:14, "the high calling;" Greek, 'the calling above. He was sent from God, as was Moses, and He was Priest also, with Aaron’s office and dignity—a thought expanded later (Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:22). Here the charge is not to the outside world but to those whom he had called “holy brethren.” He drops the word “holy” for there are some brethren so called who would not deserve that name, and to them he speaks very pointedly, “Take heed, take heed, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief.” And how will that be shown? Christ is eminently the sent of God. Hebrews 3:1 to Hebrews 4:13.—Chapters 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. Both these offices, which Moses and Aaron severally bore, he bears together, and far more eminently; of our profession — Of the religion we profess, of which Jesus is called the Apostle, because he was sent by God to reveal it; and the High-Priest, because we receive its blessings through his mediation. Here only is the name Apostle directly given to our Lord; but the thought is present in Hebrews 2:3, and in the many passages in which Jesus designates Himself as the Sent of God, using the word from which Apostle is derived (John 3:17; John 5:36, et al. Hebrews 2:10-18 Jesus Made Perfect Through Suffering. Moses is never called (a word indeed which occurs only once in LXX) though in Exodus 3:10 God says . God keep us from the very shadow of sin, from the very appearance of evil. This Apostle and Priest the Hebrews had acknowledged as their own (of our profession, or confession rather), and it became them to be faithful as confessors to Him they had in this double office accepted. But not because He is their successor but because He is their predecessor, and superior. 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. Note also the same in 2 Peter 1:5-11: the great exhortation to diligence on our part, by such diligence making "our calling and election sure" (which is the great exhortation in Hebrews, is it not? A Comparison Between Jesus and Moses, The One The Son Over The House, The Other The Servant In The House (Hebrews 3:1-6), ‘For this reason, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus.’. They are the holy under the new dispensation, as Israel was under the old. See 2 Corinthians 9:13. (See 1 Samuel 3:7.) Moses also was ‘sent’ (Exodus 3:12-15; Exodus 4:28). Every once in a while, I am tempted to add a verse or two at the beginning or end of the lectionary reading to fill out its literary context. God save us from ossification of heart, petrifaction of heart, till we get a heart of love or a heart of stone-may God save us from this. Remember who it is you follow, with whom you are brethren. Genre; Hortatory. With such a Leader what manner of people ought we to be? As Moses especially was the prophet by whom 'God in time past spake to the Fathers' (Hebrews 1:1), being mediator of the law, Paul shows that, great as was Moses, the Son of God is greater. The usual New Testament meaning of this is “fellow Christians,” including both men and women. 5 “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,”[ a] (2) Because the bringing of Israel into the promised rest, not finished by Moses, is accomplished by Him (Hebrews 4:1-11) through His being not merely leader and lawgiver as Moses, but also propitiatory High Priest (Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 5:10). (Hebrews 3:1) Our St. Paul will now so unfold both as to confirm their view of the grandeur of the, for the word embraces all the truths and beings we. To reject Him now is a double insult. of them who are "saints" by calling, Rom. And as humanized Sufferer (, ) he is our High Priest. Book Notes Barnes' Book Notes Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes Robertson's Book Notes (NT) Commentaries Adam Clarke Barnes' Notes Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes Matthew Henry People's Commentary (NT) … Who also. This is in contrast with Moses’ call to an earthly Utopia, a ‘land of milk and honey’. And as humanized Sufferer (Hebrews 2:9-18) he is our High Priest. Jesus, the Son of God, is greater than Moses, a servant, and He is certainly greater than Elijah.We will do well if we first start with the teachings of Christ and use them to "interpret" the rest. ‘Partakers of a heavenly calling.’ Their being sanctified by Jesus has made them partakers of a heavenly calling. First Reading. 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