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Jezus is belangrijker dan Mozes

Broeders en zusters, God heeft jullie geroepen om bij Hem te horen. Daarom moeten jullie alleen letten op Jezus Christus.[a] Hij is het die ons het goede nieuws gebracht heeft. En Hij is ook de Hogepriester van ons geloof. Hij is trouw aan God, die Hem die taak gegeven heeft. Net zoals Mozes trouw was aan God in het huis van God.[b] Maar Jezus heeft veel meer eer gekregen dan Mozes. Net zoals iemand die een mooi huis heeft gebouwd, meer wordt geprezen dan het huis. Elk huis wordt door iemand gebouwd, maar degene die dít alles gebouwd heeft, is God. Mozes was een gehoorzaam dienaar in het hele huis van God (de tent van ontmoeting). En wat hij deed, had te maken met dingen die later nog zouden komen. Maar Christus is als Zoon Meester over zijn eigen huis. Wij zijn dat huis.[c] Maar dan moeten we wel tot het einde toe aan ons geloof vasthouden en blij op de Heer blijven vertrouwen.

Vergelijking met het volk van Israël in de woestijn

Daarom waarschuwt de Heilige Geest jullie. Hij zegt: "Als jullie Mij vandaag horen spreken, wees dan niet koppig en ongehoorzaam, zoals de Israëlieten in de woestijn. Want zij maakten Mij daar boos met hun koppigheid en ongehoorzaamheid. Jullie voorouders daagden Mij daar uit. Ze zagen 40 jaar lang wat Ik allemaal voor wonderen voor hen deed. Maar steeds stelden ze mijn geduld op de proef.[d] 10 Daarom was Ik boos op hen. En Ik heb tegen hen gezegd: 'Ze lopen aldoor bij Mij weg. Ze willen nooit doen wat Ik zeg, ook al hebben ze alles gezien wat Ik voor hen heb gedaan.' 11 Daarom heb Ik in mijn boosheid gezworen: 'Zij zullen nooit de rust binnengaan die Ik hun had willen geven.' "

12 Let er dus op, broeders en zusters, dat niemand van jullie besluit om de levende God niet langer te gehoorzamen. Want zo iemand is koppig en ongelovig. 13 Moedig elkaar elke dag aan om God te gehoorzamen, zolang er nog dagen zijn. Dan zal niemand zich door het kwaad laten opstoken om koppig en ongehoorzaam te worden. 14 Want wij hebben Christus gekregen. Tenminste, als we tot het einde toe ons geloof vasthouden.

15 Er wordt dus gezegd: "Als jullie Mij vandaag horen spreken, wees dan niet koppig en ongehoorzaam, zoals de Israëlieten toen ze Mij boos maakten." 16 Wie waren dan die mensen die God boos maakten toen ze Hem hadden horen spreken? Dat waren al die mensen die met Mozes uit Egypte waren vertrokken. 17 En aan wie heeft God zich 40 jaar lang geërgerd? Aan de mensen die God niet hadden willen gehoorzamen. Daardoor stierven ze en lagen hun lijken in de woestijn. 18 En aan wie zwoer God dat zij niet de rust zouden binnengaan die Hij hun had willen geven? Aan de mensen die Hem ongehoorzaam waren geweest. 19 We zien dus dat ze door hun ongeloof Gods rust niet konden binnengaan.

Footnotes

  1. Hebreeën 3:1 'Christus' is niet Jezus' achternaam! Het woord 'Christus' is Grieks en betekent 'Gezalfde'. (Het Nieuwe Testament is in het Grieks geschreven). 'De gezalfde' is in de Joodse Boeken de man die speciaal door God met zijn Geest is gevuld ('gezalfd') om Israël te redden. In het Hebreeuws, de taal waarin het Oude Testament is geschreven, werd hij de 'Messias' genoemd, wat hetzelfde betekent.
  2. Hebreeën 3:2 God had lang geleden aan Mozes de taak gegeven om alles voor de tent van ontmoeting te maken. Lees bijvoorbeeld Exodus 40. Mozes had trouw alles gedaan wat de Heer tegen hem zei.
  3. Hebreeën 3:6 Lees ook 1 Korintiërs 3:16.
  4. Hebreeën 3:9 Lees Exodus 17:7

Jesus Is Greater than Moses

·So all of you [L Therefore] holy brothers and sisters, who ·were called by God [are partners/partakers in a heavenly calling], ·think about [consider; focus on] Jesus, who ·was sent to us [or is our apostle; C a commissioned messenger] and is the high priest ·of our faith [or whom we acknowledge/confess; L of our confession]. Jesus was faithful to God who appointed him just as Moses was faithful in God’s ·family [household; house]. Jesus ·has [deserves; is worthy of] more honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. [L For] Every house is built by someone, but the builder of everything is God himself. Moses was faithful in ·God’s family [L all of God’s house; Num. 12:7] as a servant, and he ·told [testified to] what God would say in the future. But Christ is faithful as a Son over God’s house. And we are God’s house if we ·confidently maintain our hope [or maintain our courage and confident hope].

We Must Continue to Follow God

So it is as the Holy Spirit says:

“Today ·listen to what he says [L if you hear his voice…].
  Do not ·be stubborn [L harden your hearts] as in the past
    ·when you turned against God [L as in the rebellion; Ex. 17:1–7],
when you tested God in the desert.
  There your ancestors tried me and tested me
    and saw the things I did for forty years.
10 I was angry with ·them [L that generation].
    I said, ‘·They are not loyal to me [L Their hearts are always wandering]
    and have not ·understood my ways [or discerned/obeyed my will].’
11 I was angry and ·made a promise [L swore an oath],
    ‘They will never enter my rest [Ps. 95:7–11; C referring to the generation of Israel that disobeyed God and so were not allowed to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:23)].’”

12 So brothers and sisters, ·be careful [see to it] that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will ·turn you away from [desert; forsake] the living God. 13 But encourage each other every day while it is “today” [C meaning the time of opportunity to be saved; v. 7]. ·Help [Encourage] each other so none of you will become hardened ·because sin has tricked you [by sin’s deception]. 14 [L For] We all ·share in [or have become partners with] Christ if [indeed; in fact] we ·keep [hold firm] till the end the sure ·faith [conviction; confidence] we had in the beginning. 15 This is what the Scripture says:

“Today ·listen to what he says [L if you hear his voice…].
    Do not ·be stubborn [L harden your hearts] as in the past
    ·when you turned against God [L as in the rebellion; Ps. 95:7–8; C referring to Ex. 17:1–7].”

16 Who heard God’s voice and ·was against [rebelled against; provoked] him? ·It was [L Was it not…?] all those people Moses led out of Egypt. 17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? ·He was angry [L Was it not…?] with those who sinned, ·who died [L whose corpses/bodies fell] in the desert [Num. 14:29, 32]. 18 And to whom ·was God talking when he promised [L did he swear] that they would never enter his rest [v. 11]? He was talking to those who did not ·obey [or believe] him. 19 So we see they were not allowed to enter [C the Promised Land and God’s promised rest] because ·they did not believe [of unbelief/faithlessness].

Jesus Greater Than Moses

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,(A) who share in the heavenly calling,(B) fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge(C) as our apostle and high priest.(D) He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(E) Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(F) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(G) “Moses was faithful as a servant(H) in all God’s house,”[a](I) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son(J) over God’s house. And we are his house,(K) if indeed we hold firmly(L) to our confidence and the hope(M) in which we glory.

Warning Against Unbelief

So, as the Holy Spirit says:(N)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts(O)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(P)
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,(Q)
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ (R)[b](S)

12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(T) 13 But encourage one another daily,(U) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(V) 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold(W) our original conviction firmly to the very end.(X) 15 As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”[c](Y)

16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?(Z) 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?(AA) 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest(AB) if not to those who disobeyed?(AC) 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.(AD)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
  2. Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
  3. Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8