The Son of God greater than Moses, so Unbelief towards Him incurs a Heavier Punishment than befell Unbelieving Israel in the Wilderness. Heb. 3:1-19
“The Lord Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new covenant, is high above Moses, the mediator of the old dispensation, inasmuch as Jesus is the Son of God, and Lord over the house; whereas Moses is the servant of God, who is faithful in the house. And upon this doctrinal statement is based the exhortation, that we should not harden our hearts lest we fail to enter that rest of which the possession of the promised land was only an imperfect type…(Saphir).
- Wherefore. “Because Christ is the One through whom Deity is now…finally manifested, because He is the Brightness of God’s glory… and because, He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than the angels; because He, in infinite grace, became “all of one” with those that He came to redeem, having made propitiation for the sins of His people; because He is now seated at the right hand of the Majesty on High, and while there is “a merciful and faithful High Priest;” because He has Himself suffered being tempted and is able to succor them who are tempted.” Pink Arthur W. Holy brethren. Col. 1:22; 3:12, 1Thess. 5:27, 2Tim. 1:9, 1Pet. 2:9; 3:5, 2Pet. 1:3–10, Rev. 18:20. “The word holy is applied to them to denote that they were set apart to God, or that they were sanctified… The name brethren is often given to Christians to denote that they are of one family. It is also—den oting that they were his brethren as Christians, and as Jews.” Bernes, Albert, Frew, Rubert
- partakers. ver. 14. Rom. 11:17, 1Cor. 10:17, Eph. 3:6, 1Pet. 5:1, 2Pet. 1:4, 1Jn. 1:3, the heavenly calling Rom. 8:28–30; Phi. 3:14, 20-21 1Thess. 2:12, 2Thess. 1:11; 2:14, 1Ti. 6:12, 2Tim. 1:9, 1Pet. 5:10, Jude 1, Rev. 17:14. heavenly calling—coming from heaven and leading to heaven. Phil. 3:14, “the high calling ‘the calling above. “The “heavenly calling” denotes the calling which was given to them from heaven, or which was of a heavenly nature. It pertained to heaven, not to earth; it came from heaven, not from earth; it was a calling to the reward and happiness of heaven, and not to the pleasures and honours of the world.” Bernes, Albert, Frew, Robert
- Consider all that is said of the Messiah. Think of his rank; his dignity; his holiness; his sufferings; his death; his resurrection, ascension, intercession. Is. 41:20, Hag. 1:5; 2:15, Jn. 20:27, 2Ti. 2:7, the apostle, Jn. 20:21, The apostle. The word apostle is nowhere else applied to the Lord Jesus. The word means one who is sent—and in this sense it might be applied to the Redeemer as one sent by God. The Hebrew word for apostle is derived is frequently given to Moses. Thus in Ex. 3:10, it is said, “Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh.” And in ver. 13, “The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you. The object of Paul is to show that the Lord Jesus in the Christian system—as the great apostle sent from God—sustained a rank and office similar to this, but superior in dignity and authority.” Bernes, Albert, Frew, Robert
- High Priest 4:14, 15; 5:1–10; 6:20; 7:26; 8:1–3; 9:11; 10:21. Ps. 110:4. He was showing that in the Lord Jesus was found all the characteristics of a high priest, and that all the functions which had been performed in the Jewish ritual were performed by him, and that all which had been prefigured by the Jewish high priest was fulfilled in him.
