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among their idols all around their altars, on
every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under
every green tree, and under every thick oak,
wherever they offered sweet incense to all 3:1 consider. The writer asks for the readers’
their idols. So I will stretch out My hand complete attention and diligent observation
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against them and make the land desolate, yes, of the superiority of Jesus Christ. Apostle and
more desolate than the wilderness toward High Priest. An apostle is a “sent one”who has
Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they the rights, power, and authority of the one
shall know that I am the LORD.’ ” ’ ” who sends him.Jesus was sent to earth by the
Father (John 3:17,34; 5:36–38; 8:42). The topic
Psalm 119:169–176 of the High Priesthood of Christ, which was
begun in 2:17,18 and is mentioned again here,
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169 Let my cry come before You, O LORD; 4:14–10:18.Meanwhile,the writer presents the
Give me understanding according to supremacy of Christ to Moses (vv. 1–6), to
Your word. Joshua (4:8), and to all other national heroes
170 Let my supplication come before You; and Old Testament preachers whom Jews
Deliver me according to Your word. held in high esteem. Jesus Himself spoke of
171 My lips shall utter praise, His superiority to Moses in the same context
For You teach me Your statutes. in which He spoke of His being sent by the
172 My tongue shall speak of Your word, Father (John 5:36–38,45–47; Luke 16:29–31).
For all Your commandments are Moses had been sent by God to deliver His
righteousness. people from historical Egypt and its bondage
173 Let Your hand become my help, (Ex. 3:10). Jesus was sent by God to deliver His
For I have chosen Your precepts. people from spiritual Egypt and its bondage
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, (2:15). of our confession. Christ is the center
And Your law is my delight. of our confession of faith in the gospel,both in
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; creed and public testimony. The term is used
And let Your judgments help me. again in 4:14 and 10:23. In all 3 uses in
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Hebrews, there is a sense of urgency. Surely,
Seek Your servant, the readers would not give up Christ, whom
they had professed, and reject what He had
For I do not forget Your done for them, if they could understand the
commandments. superiority of His Person and work.
Proverbs 28:14
14 Happy is the man who is always reverent,
But he who hardens his heart will fall 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the
into calamity. rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:1–19 9 Where your fathers tested Me,
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the tried Me,
3 heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that
High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,
who was faithful to Him who appointed Him,
2 generation,
as Moses also was faithful in all His house. For And said, ‘They always go astray in
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this One has been counted worthy of more their heart,
glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
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the house has more honor than the house. For
every house is built by someone, but He who ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
built all things is God. And Moses indeed was 12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of
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faithful in all His house as a servant, for a tes- you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from
timony of those things which would be spoken the living God; but exhort one another daily,
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afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be
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house, whose house we are if we hold fast the hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we
to the end. hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: to the end, while it is said:
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“Today, if you will hear His voice, “Today, if you will hear His voice,
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