Monday, September 8, 2014

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 3 (Moses) Bible Study

Bible Study for 9/13/2014
Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 3 (Moses) Bible Study
[Note to Blog Readers: Expositor Notes Are in Bold Italic Font]




Not all meeting house’s have God present in their congregation, during Worship time and is facing a life of death in hell, due to the fact that many has rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross. The Word of Faith movement has slipped into the walls and behind the Pulpit, now Satan resides behind it, in many Meeting House’s today and will be rejected from entering in God’s Kingdom. Those who Preaches on the Word of Faith doctrine, rejects Jesus Christ and the Cross and they are no better than Israel of the old. Everything was maid by God and for God and so were you. We have buildings, house’s, meeting House’s, Cars, Computers and so on, that was built by hands and of man, unless they are reborn Again Christian and give God all the credit for what they have built, then it would be built by God and not man. What is Zach talking about here? I tried to explain this to other people in person and they couldn't understand it either, because they are not quite right with God. Everything was spoken into existence by God, meaning that He built this planet and produced everything in and on it and that includes you. We are built by God, for God and that is it. Those who rejects this Truth, is of Satan and things that is built by a sinner, who has rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross, is maid by man and not of God. Another words, if the reborn again Christian, whom is Saved by God’s Grace and not of Works, things that are built by the Christian, is built by God, through the Temple of God, which is of the Christian. The Christian’s body, is the instrument and the Temple of God, better known as the real Church, and are the Servant’s of the Lord, whom is our God. The Meeting house’s who does not Preach about Jesus Christ and of the Cross, is Preaching and Teaching of unbelief and are not Saved, that is very dangerous and deadly to the souls, of those who are practicing and living by unbelief. Why do you think God has been telling me to warn you all about false doctrines, about false bibles and false religions? It’s because they are not of God and is no better than how Israel is, because they did the samething, they rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross. I think at this point, we should get started in this Bible Study and allow the Gospel tell you, through the Word of God. Lets get started.

Hebrews 3:1-19 (KJV)
MOSES
1 Wherefore, Holy Brethren, partakers of the Heavenly Calling (pertains to all Believers), consider the Apostle (presents the only time Christ is referred to as an “Apostle”) and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus (among the Jews, the High Priest was also considered to be the Apostle of God; consequently, the two Apostles are now compared, the High Priest of Israel and Christ Jesus); 2 Who was faithful to Him Who appointed Him (should read, “Christ was faithful to God Who appointed Him as Apostle and High Priest”), as also Moses was faithful in all his house. (This presents the Holy Spirit through Paul handling Moses delicately; however, there are vast differences in the two.) 3 For this Man (Christ Jesus) was counted worthy of more glory than Moses (finds Paul proclaiming the humanity of Christ, by which measurement he compares Moses), inasmuch as He (God) Who has built the house has more honour than the house. (This proclaims the fact that the Lord built the House of Israel.) 4 For every house is built by some man (presents the fact that even though men are the instruments used by God, they are, in fact, only instruments); but He Who built all things is God. (Christ, although humbling Himself to the likeness of sinful flesh, is still the Builder of all things, which means He is far greater than Moses [Jn. 1:1-3].) 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant (proclaims the position of the great Lawgiver as it relates to God), for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after (pertained to Moses and the entirety of the Law with all its ceremonies, etc., all pointing to Christ and the Cross, Who was to come); 6 But Christ as a Son over His Own house (presents a clear distinction made between the Old Testament House of God and the New Testament House); Whose house are we (refers to the Church), if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end (if we keep our confidence in Christ and the Cross).

ISRAEL
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Spirit says (Ps. 95:7-11), Today if you will hear His Voice (presents words which were originally a warning to Israel not to provoke God, lest they be excluded from the “rest” He had promised them; this same warning is now given to Christians), 8 Harden not your hearts (as Israel hardened their hearts against God in the wilderness, it is likewise possible for modern Christians to do the same), as in the provocation (Israel provoked God), in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the Lord didn’t tempt Israel, they tempted Him!): 9 When your fathers tempted Me (they tempted God through unbelief and rebellion), proved Me (registered unbelief toward God), and saw My works forty years. (The proof was all around them regarding the miracle-working Power of God that was exhibited daily, even for forty years, but they still wouldn’t believe.) 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation (and because of their unbelief), and said, They do always err in their heart (proclaims the seat of obedience or disobedience); and they have not known My Ways. (They could have known, but had no desire to know.) 11 So I swore in My wrath (is figurative, and denotes a determined purpose), They shall not enter into My rest. (This refers here to a particular “rest,” which pertained to the land of Canaan, but was undoubtedly regarded as emblematic of the “rest” afforded by Salvation.) 12 Take heed, Brethren (proclaims Paul warning Believers by the examples of Israel’s failures in the wilderness), lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief (the Greek order of words is, “a heart evil with reference to unbelief”), in departing from the Living God. (As stated, the problem is unbelief, and in modern terminology it refers to unbelief in Christ and the Cross.) 13 But exhort one another daily (proclaims a constant frequency, which means the preacher should preach the Cross, and do so constantly), while it is called today (it must be done today; in other words, start now talking and speaking about the Cross, which is the only answer [I Cor. 1:17; Gal. 6:14]); lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (This actually says, “the deceitfulness of the sin,” which refers to a rejection of the Sacrifice of Christ.) 14 For we are made partakers of Christ (refers to Rom. 6:3-5), if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end (if our confidence remains steadfast in Christ and the Cross); 15 While it is said, Today if you will hear His Voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation (Vss. 7-8). 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke (should have been translated, “For who when they had heard did provoke”; all did except Joshua and Caleb [Num. 14:6-9]): howbeit not all who came out of Egypt by Moses. (This should have been translated, “Was it not all who came out of Egypt through Moses?”) 17 But with whom was He grieved forty years? (This refers to God’s wrath continuing simply because their unbelief continued.) was it not with them who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? (Unbelief caused the deaths of approximately two million people.) 18 And to whom swore He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them who believed not? (They lost everything because of unbelief, and the modern Church is doing the same, which is the very reason that Paul wrote this Epistle.) 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief (and if the modern Believer registers unbelief toward Christ and the Cross, the results will be the same as it was with Israel of Old).

John 1:1-3 (KJV)
1 In the beginning (does not infer that Christ as God had a beginning, because as God He had no beginning, but rather refers to the time of Creation [Gen. 1:1]) was the Word (the Holy Spirit through John describes Jesus as “the Eternal Logos”), and the Word was with God (“was in relationship with God,” and expresses the idea of the Trinity), and the Word was God (meaning that He did not cease to be God during the Incarnation; He “was” and “is” God from eternity past to eternity future). 2 The same was in the beginning with God (this very Person was in eternity with God; there’s only one God, but manifested in three Persons — God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit). 3 All things were made by Him (all things came into being through Him; it refers to every item of Creation one by one, rather than all things regarded in totality); and without Him was not any thing made that was made (nothing, not even one single thing, was made independently of His cooperation and volition).

Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
1 In the beginning (refers to the beginning of creation, or at least the creation as it refers to this universe; God, unformed, unmade, uncreated, had no beginning; He always was, always is, and always shall be) God (the phrase, “In the beginning God,” explains the first cause of all things as it regards creation) created the heaven and the Earth (could be translated “the heavens and the Earth” because God created the entirety of the universe).

Psalms 95:7-11 (KJV)
7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His Pasture, and the sheep of His Hand. Today if you will hear His Voice (this Passage is quoted in Hebrews 3:7–11 and 4:7; what a privilege to say, “He is our God” and that “we are the people of His Pasture”; as well, the expression, “the sheep of His Hand,” refers to our being made by Him; it has a far greater meaning than if a shepherd purchases sheep; in this instance, it means that God created the sheep — “the sheep of His Hand”; accordingly, we are admonished to “hear His Voice,” the voice of the Shepherd), 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the wilderness was a proving time for Israel; regrettably, they failed!): 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Israel tempted the Lord in the wilderness, and refused to believe, even though they “saw His Work.”) 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people who do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways (Israel challenged God to provide a table for them in the desert and, when it was provided, declared that Pharaoh’s was better, so they desired to appoint a captain to return to Egypt! [Num. 14:3–4]): 11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (The greatest sin of all just may be the sin of faithlessness. The entire fabric of the Plan of God demands Faith. Men forsake God because they don’t believe God. In the Wilderness, Israel showed unbelief. They died because of that unbelief and “could not enter into God’s rest.”)

Numbers 14:3-4 (KJV)
3 And wherefore has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (God is now blamed, whereas before they had only blamed Moses and Aaron.) 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. (Pulpit says, “Nothing less than an entire and deliberate revolt was involved in the wish to elect a captain for themselves, for the Lord was the Captain of this host [Josh. 5:14-15]. The proposal to depose Him, and to choose another in His place, marked the extremity of the unbelief, and the ingratitude of the people.”)

Joshua 5:14-15 (KJV)
14 And He (the Lord) said, No; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto Him, What says my Lord unto His servant? (Joshua then recognized Him as the Lord. Concerning this, Williams says, “An absolute condition of victory is full surrender to Christ as Lord. He must be accepted as Captain, be permitted to plan, and be fully obeyed.”) 15 And the Captain of the LORD’s Host said unto Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is Holy. And Joshua did so. (The demand that the shoes be removed from Joshua’s feet, and the removal of those shoes, guaranteed that He Who now spoke to Joshua was a Divine Person, actually, as stated, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. The removal of the shoes in essence indicated that Joshua was giving up all ownership and leadership, thereby giving Christ total control. We have four steps to victory here: 
1. The death of self — Circumcision; 
2. Testimony to the Blood of the Lamb — Passover; 
3. Feeding on the Word of God — old corn of the land; and, 
4. Subjection to Christ as Lord — pulling off the shoes.)

1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV)
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the Gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

Galatians 6:14 (KJV)
14 But God forbid that I should glory (boast), save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (what the opponents of Paul sought to escape at the price of insincerity is the Apostle’s only basis of exultation), by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (The only way we can overcome the world, and I mean the only way, is by placing our Faith exclusively in the Cross of Christ and keeping it there.)

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV) [Note to Readers refer back to the Romans Chapter 6 Study for corresponding Scriptures]
3 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and not water [I Cor. 1:17;12:13; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:11-13]) were baptized into His Death? (When Christ died on the Cross, in the Mind of God, we died with Him; in other words, He became our Substitute, and our identification with Him in His Death gives us all the benefits for which He died; the idea is that He did it all for us!) 4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death (not only did we die with Him, but we were buried with Him as well, which means that all the sin and transgression of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all of our sins into that Tomb as well): that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (we died with Him, we were buried with Him, and His Resurrection was our Resurrection to a “Newness of Life”). 5 For if we have been planted together (with Christ) in the likeness of His Death (Paul proclaims the Cross as the instrument through which all Blessings come; consequently, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives), we shall be also in the likeness of His Resurrection (we can have the “likeness of His Resurrection,” i.e., “live this Resurrection Life,” only as long as we understand the “likeness of His Death,” which refers to the Cross as the Means by which all of this is done):

Numbers 14:6-9 (KJV)
JOSHUA AND CALEB
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them who searched the land, rent their clothes (the “tearing of their clothes” was meant to serve as a symbol unto the people of the extremity of the situation, hoping to turn them around): 7 And they spoke unto all the company of the Children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. (“If the Lord be with us, who can be against us?”)


If you have found the Lord Jesus as your Savior, after reading this Study, then congratulations, God is for you and who can be against you?, No one. You are now in the Present’s of the Lord and all you need to do is to, Accept Him with Belief, into your heart and believe in what Jesus Christ did at the Cross at Calvary, you then will be Saved and Heaven Bound. Who can take you out of the Hands of God and of His Loving Grace, no one. Once that you have been Converted to being a reborn again Christian, you are guaranteed Salvation in Heaven, through Belief and of Faith. Lets close in a Word of Prayer and we will continue next week, with the next Chapter in Hebrews.

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