As a Son, Christ is Over God's House, & We Who Believe in Him, Are from His House |
Hebrews 3:1-19 Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews [in Smaller Chunks] |
[For this reason,] holy brethren, [a.k.a. fellow-believers, & participants] of the heavenly calling, [of sharing your faith in Jesus Christ,] consider, [a.k.a. think about,] Christ Jesus, the Apostle & High Priest, of our profession. Who was faithful to [God, Who] appointed Him, [like] Moses was also faithful [to God out of] all his house, [a.k.a. family.] |
For this Man was [considered] worthy of [even] more glory than Moses, [in that,] He Who [has built] the house, [has] more [honor] than the house, [that He built.] [Philippians 2:6-7 Who being in the form, [a.k.a. image,] of God, thought it not [a crime] to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, [a.k.a. lowly,] & took upon [Himself] the [image] of a servant, & was made in the likeness of men.] |
For every house is [built] by some man, but He, [Who] built all things, is God. [John 1:1-3 In the Beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God. And the Word was God. The Same was in the Beginning with God. All things were made by Him. And [nothing] that was made, was made without Him.] |
And Moses, [who was to testify about] those things, which were to be spoken [about] [afterwards, a.k.a. at a later time,] was [truly] faithful [within] all his [household, like] a servant. |
But Christ, [like] a Son over His Own house, [of] Whose house we are [from, as His believers,] if we hold fast, [a.k.a. hold tight to,] the confidence of the hope [of Eternal Life,] [firmly until] the end, & [rejoice.] [Titus 3:7 That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs, according to the hope of Eternal Life.] |
[For this reason,] ([like] the Holy Ghost, [a.k.a. Holy Spirit, [says,] Today [you may have this hope] if: you will hear His voice. [Revelation 3:20-21 [Watch,] I stand at the door, & knock. If any man [hears] My voice, & [opens] the door, I will come in to him, & [dine] with him, & he with Me. I will grant to him, [who overcomes,] to sit with Me [on] My throne, even [like] I also overcame & Am [sitting] down with My Father, [on] His throne.] |
[If you:] [don't] harden your hearts, [like] in the provocation, [during] the day of temptation in the wilderness, when your [forefathers] tempted Me, & [tested] Me, & saw My works 40 years. |
[For this reason,] I was grieved with that generation, & said, They [always] err, [a.k.a. go astray, within] their heart. And they haven't known My ways, so I [swore] in My wrath, [a.k.a. anger,] They shall not enter into My [place of] rest.) [Numbers 14:22-24 Because all those men, [who] have seen My glory, & My miracles, [that] I did in Egypt, & in the wilderness, & have tempted Me now, these 10 times, & haven't [paid attention] to My voice; surely they shall not see the land, [that] I [swore] to their [forefathers,] & neither shall any of them see it, [who] provoked Me. [Except] [for] My servant, Caleb, because he had another spirit [within] him, & [has totally] followed Me. I will bring him into the land, [into which] he went, & his seed, [a.k.a. offspring & descendants,] shall possess it.] |
[Pay attention,] brethren, [a.k.a. fellow-believers,] lest any of you [has] an evil heart of unbelief, [a.k.a. disbelief,] & [departs] from the Living God. But exhort, [a.k.a. encourage,] one another daily, while it is [still] Today; lest any of you [are hardened] through [sins'] deceitfulness. |
For we are made [participants] of [Christ's] [Salvation,] if we [faithfully] hold our confidence [in the Lord God's grace, like in] the beginning, [until] the end. [Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace, you are saved through faith [In Jesus Christ as our Savior.] And [it's] not [from] yourselves. It is the gift of God. Not [by] works, [a.k.a. deeds,] lest any man should boast.] |
While it is said [in the Scriptures,] If you will hear His voice today, & [don't] harden your hearts, [like during] the provocation, [a.k.a. rebellion,] for some [provoked] [Me,] when they had heard [the false report about the Promised Land.] [Numbers 13:30-32 But the men, [who] went up with [Caleb] said, We [aren't] able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we [are.] And they brought up an evil, [a.k.a. false,] report to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [about] the land [that] they had searched, saying, The land through which we have gone to search, it is a land that [eats, a.k.a. devours, its] inhabitants, & all the people in it that we saw, are men of great stature, [a.k.a. giants.] |
[However,] not all, [who] came out of Egypt [with] Moses [provoked Me.] [Numbers 14:30-31 Doubtless, [a.k.a. Without a doubt,] you shall not come into the land, I [swore] to make you [live in, except] [for] Caleb, [Jephunneh's] son, & Joshua, [Nun's] son. But I will bring in, your little ones, [whom,] you said [would] be a prey, & they shall know the land [that] you despised.] |
But [wasn't] [God] grieved with [them] 40 years? Wasn't it [only] [those, who] had sinned, [& refused to go into the Promised Land,] whose [corpses] fell in the wilderness? |
And [wasn't it those] to whom [God swore,] that they shouldn't enter into His rest, [because they hadn't] believed? So, we see that they couldn't enter in, because of unbelief, [a.k.a. disbelief.] |