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耶稣比摩西更配得荣耀

同蒙天召的圣洁弟兄啊,你们应当思想我们所认为使者、为大祭司的耶稣。 他为那设立他的尽忠,如同摩西在神的全家尽忠一样。 他比摩西算是更配多得荣耀,好像建造房屋的比房屋更尊荣。 因为房屋都必有人建造,但建造万物的就是神。 摩西为仆人,在神的全家诚然尽忠,为要证明将来必传说的事; 但基督为儿子,治理神的家。我们若将可夸的盼望和胆量坚持到底,便是他的家了。

当警戒硬心

圣灵有话说:“你们今日若听他的话, 就不可硬着心,像在旷野惹他发怒、试探他的时候一样。 在那里,你们的祖宗试我探我,并且观看我的作为有四十年之久。 10 所以,我厌烦那世代的人,说:‘他们心里常常迷糊,竟不晓得我的作为。’ 11 我就在怒中起誓说:‘他们断不可进入我的安息。’” 12 弟兄们,你们要谨慎,免得你们中间或有人存着不信的恶心,把永生神离弃了。 13 总要趁着还有今日,天天彼此相劝,免得你们中间有人被罪迷惑,心里就刚硬了。 14 我们若将起初确实的信心坚持到底,就在基督里有份了。 15 经上说:“你们今日若听他的话,就不可硬着心,像惹他发怒的日子一样。”

不信之人不能享受安息

16 那时听见他话惹他发怒的是谁呢?岂不是跟着摩西埃及出来的众人吗? 17 神四十年之久又厌烦谁呢?岂不是那些犯罪尸首倒在旷野的人吗? 18 又向谁起誓,不容他们进入他的安息呢?岂不是向那些不信从的人吗? 19 这样看来,他们不能进入安息是因为不信的缘故了。

耶稣比摩西更尊贵

因此,同蒙天召的圣洁的弟兄啊!你们应该想想耶稣,就是作使徒、作我们所宣认的大祭司的那一位。 他忠于那位委派他的,好象摩西在 神的全家尽忠一样。 他比摩西配得更大的荣耀,好象建造房屋的人比房屋配得更大的尊贵一样。 因为每一间房屋都是人建造的,只有万物是 神建造的。 摩西不过是个仆人,在 神的全家尽忠,为以后要传讲的事作证; 但是基督却是儿子,管理自己的家。如果我们把坦然无惧的心和可夸的盼望持守到底,我们就是他的家了。

以色列人因不信得不到安息

所以,就像圣灵所说的:

“如果你们今天听从他的声音,

就不要硬着心,

好象在旷野惹他发怒、

试探他的日子一样;

在那里,你们的祖先以试验来试探我,

观看我的作为有四十年之久。

10 所以,我向那个世代的人发怒,说:‘他们心里常常迷误,

不认识我的道路。’

11 我就在烈怒中起誓,说:

‘他们绝不可进入我的安息。’”

12 弟兄们,你们要小心,免得你们中间有人存着邪恶、不信的心,以致离弃了永活的 神; 13 趁着还有叫作“今天”的时候,总要天天互相劝勉,免得你们中间有人受了罪恶的诱惑,心里就刚硬了。 14 如果我们把起初的信念坚持到底,就是有分于基督的人了。 15 经上说:

“如果你们今天听从他的声音,

就不要硬着心,

像惹他发怒的时候一样。”

16 那时,听了他的话而惹他发怒的是谁呢?不就是摩西从埃及领出来的那些人吗? 17 四十年之久, 神向谁发怒呢?不就是向那些犯了罪陈尸旷野的人吗? 18 他又向谁起誓说,他们绝对不可以进入他的安息呢?不就是向那些不顺从的人吗? 19 这样看来,他们不能进入安息,是因为不信的缘故。

The Son Was Faithful

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.

Be Faithful(J)

Therefore, as (K)the Holy Spirit says:

(L)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [b]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:

(M)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

16 (N)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (O)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (P)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (Q)unbelief.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
  2. Hebrews 3:13 encourage

Jesus Is Greater Than Moses

Holy brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his people. So keep thinking about Jesus. We embrace him as our apostle and our high priest. Moses was faithful in everything he did in the house of God. In the same way, Jesus was faithful to the God who appointed him. The person who builds a house has greater honor than the house itself. In the same way, Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses. Every house is built by someone. But God is the builder of everything. “Moses was faithful as one who serves in the house of God.” (Numbers 12:7) He was a witness to what God would say in days to come. But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

A Warning Against Unbelief

The Holy Spirit says,

“Listen to his voice today.
    If you hear it, don’t be stubborn.
You were stubborn when you opposed me.
    You did that when you were tested in the desert.
There your people of long ago tested me.
    Yet for 40 years they saw what I did.
10 That is why I was angry with them.
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray.
    They have not known my ways.’
11 So when I was angry, I made a promise.
    I said, ‘They will never enjoy the rest I planned for them.’ ” (Psalm 95:7–11)

12 Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God. 13 But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks. 14 We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end. 15 It has just been said,

“Listen to his voice today.
    If you hear it, don’t be stubborn.
    You were stubborn when you opposed me.” (Psalm 95:7,8)

16 Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt? 17 Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert. 18 God promised that those people would never enjoy the rest he planned for them. God gave his word when he made that promise. Didn’t he make that promise to those who didn’t obey? 19 So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.