Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house
Sorry for not posting much the last couple of days. I've been sick as a dog, ARF!
The full verse quoted in the title is:
'For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house. '
This chapter of Hebrews focused on 2 main topics:
- Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophecy that high priest that will lead his peace and eternal rest
- Those who refuse the Son and the way of the Lord will be left behind
Each and everyday we are warned of the consequence's of our sins. Reading the first 5 books of the bible will show the cycle of of people refusing God and and their generation. The 2-3 generations to follow pay the price of our sin.
- Exodus 20:5 (and Deut 5:9): "I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me".
- Numbers 14:18 (and Exodus 34:7): Similar to Exodus, describing God's justice and mercy, visiting iniquity but also forgiving.
- Lamentations 5:7: "Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment".
- Ezekiel 18 (especially v. 20): A key counterpoint, stating, "The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged to him".
Most of these verses above are based on the men and women in Moses's time. Those who didn't follow the law of their bodies where left in the wilds. Which was almost all of the old Israel who sinned against the Lord.
So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”
'So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.'
I'm sorry this isn't as good as my usual writing. I've been very sick lately and I will try to either rewrite this article tonight or write a fresh article on the next chapter.