Jesus Greater than Moses

Hebrews Ch.3

My Christian brothers, who have been called by GOD! Think of Jesus, whom GOD sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess. He was faithful to GOD, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in GOD'S whole house. A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way, Jesus is worthy of much more glory than Moses. Every house, of course, is built by someone-- and GOD is the one who has built all things. Moses was faithful in GOD'S whole house as a servant, and spoke of the things that GOD would say in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of GOD'S house. We are his house, if we keep our courage and our confidence in what we hope for. So then, as the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear GOD'S voice today, do not be stubborn as you were when you rebelled against GOD, as you were that day in the desert when you put him to the test. There your ancestors put me to the test and tried me, says GOD, even though they saw what I did for forty years. For that reason I was angry with those people and said, ' They are always disloyal, and refuse to obey my commands.' I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'They shall never come in and rest with me!"


My brothers, be careful that no one among you has a heart so bad and unbeliening that he will turn away from the living GOD. Instead, in order that none of you be deceived by sin and become stubborn, you must help one another every day, as long as the "Today" in the scripture applies to us. For we are all partners with Christ, if we hold on firmly to the end the confidence we had at the beginning.


This is what the scripture says:
"If you hear GOD'S voice today,
do not be stubborn as you were
when you rebelled against GOD."

Who heard GOD'S voice and rebelled against him?
All the people who were led out of Egypt by Moses. With whom was GOD angry for forty years? With the people who sinned, who fell down dead in the desert. When GOD made his solemn promise, "They shall never come in and rest with me"-- of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled. We see, then, that they were not able to go in because they did not believe.

Hebrews Ch.4

Now, GOD has left us the promise that we may go in and rest with him. Let us fear, then, so that none of you will be found to have failed to go in to that rest. For we have heard the GOOD NEWS, just as they did. They heard the message but it did them no good, because when the heard it they did not receive it with faith. We who believe, then, do go in and rest with GOD. It is just as he said, "I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'They shall never come in and rest with me!' "


He said this even though his work was finished from the time he created the world. For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh day, GOD rested on the on the seventh day from all his works. This same matter is spoken of again: "They shall never come in and rest with me." Those who first heard the GOOD NEWS did not go in and rest with GOD because they did not believe. There are, then, others who are allowed to go in and rest with GOD. This is shown by the fact that GOD sets another day, which is called "Today." He spoke of it many years later by means of David, in the scripture already quoted, If you hear GOD'S voice today, do not be stubborn."

If Joshua had led the people into GOD'S rest, GOD would not have spoken later about another day. As it is, however, there still remains for GOD'S people a rest like GOD'S resting on the seventh day. For whoever goes in and rests with GOD will rest from his won works, just as GOD rested from his. Let us, then, do our best to go in and rest with GOD. We must not, any of us, disobey as they did and fail to go in.

The word of GOD is alive and active. It is sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of men's hearts. There is nothing that can be hid from GOD. Everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes; and it is to him that we must all give account of ourselves.

JESUS THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST!!!!!!!

Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great high priest who has gone into the very presence of GOD--Jesus, the son of GOD. Our high priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy with our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a high priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin. Let us be brave, then, and come forward to GOD'S throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.