Therefore, 1aholy brothers and sisters, who share in the bheavenly calling, thoughtfully and attentively consider cthe Apostle and dHigh Priest whom we econfessed as ours when we accepted Him as Savior, namely, 2Jesus;See note 2:11.In the Greek text the name of Jesus is placed last for emphasis.Acts 1:15; Heb 2:11; 3:12; 10:19; 13:22Phil 3:14John 17:3Heb 2:17; 4:14f; 5:5, 10; 6:20; 7:26, 28; 8:1, 3; 9:11; 10:212 Cor 9:13; Heb 4:14; 10:23 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him Apostle and High Priest, as aMoses also was faithful in all God’s house. Num 12:7Ex 40:16; Num 12:7; Heb 3:5 3 aYet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.2 Cor 3:7-11 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now aMoses was faithful in the administration of all God’s house, but only as ba ministering servant, his ministry serving cas a testimony of the things dwhich were to be spoken afterward the revelation to come in Christ; Num 12:7Ex 40:16; Num 12:7; Heb 3:2Ex 14:31; Num 12:7Deut 18:18fHeb 1:1 6 but Christ is faithful as aa Son over His Father’s house. And we are bHis house cif we hold fast our dconfidence and sense of triumph in our ehope in Christ.Heb 1:21 Cor 3:16; 1 Tim 3:15Rom 11:22; Heb 3:14; 4:14Eph 3:12; Heb 4:16; 10:19, 35Heb 6:11; 7:19; 10:23; 11:1; 1 Pet 1:3
7 Therefore, just as athe Holy Spirit says,“bTODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,Acts 28:25; Heb 9:8; 10:15Ps 95:7; Heb 3:15; 4:7
12 aTake care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving 1heart which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart that turns away from bthe living God.“Heart” includes the entire human personality—mind, will, and emotions. The core of one’s being where there is no pretense.Col 2:8; Heb 12:25Matt 16:16; Heb 9:14; 10:31; 12:22 13 But continually aencourage one another every day, as long as it is called “Today” and there is an opportunity, so that none of you will be hardened into settled rebellion by the bdeceitfulness of sin its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication.Heb 10:24fEph 4:22 14 For we believers have become partakers of Christ sharing in all that the Messiah has for us, aif only we hold firm our newborn bconfidence which originally led us to Him until the end,Heb 3:6Heb 11:1 15 while it is said,“aTODAY while there is still opportunity IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah.” Ps 95:7, 8Ps 95:7f; Heb 3:7; 4:7 16 For who were they who heard and yet aprovoked Him with rebellious acts? bWas it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?Jer 32:29; 44:3, 8Num 14:2, 11, 30; Deut 1:35, 36, 38 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, awhose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?Num 14:29; 1 Cor 10:5 18 And to whom did He swear an oath athat they would not enter His rest, but to those who bdisobeyed those who would not listen to His word?Num 14:23; Deut 1:34f; Heb 4:2Rom 11:30-32; Heb 4:6, 11 19 So we see that they were not able to enter into His rest—the promised land because of aunbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God. Num 14:1-35John 3:18, 36; Rom 11:23; Heb 3:12