For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(A) “Moses was faithful as a servant(B) in all God’s house,”[a](C) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son(D) over God’s house. And we are his house,(E) if indeed we hold firmly(F) to our confidence and the hope(G) in which we glory.

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  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(A) to the city(B) of the living God,(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(E) whose names are written in heaven.(F) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(G) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(H) 24 to Jesus the mediator(I) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(J) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(K)

25 See to it that you do not refuse(L) him who speaks.(M) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(N) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(O) 26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(P) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[a](Q) 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken(R)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(S) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(T)

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  1. Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6

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