Before we continue we should remember from ‘chapter 2’ that today we live in the time when “not-yet we see all things having been subjected2 to him” – the Lord Jesus. He is in the process of bringing all things to completion. The present time is between the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and the coming of Christ to gather all holy-people together with him, and then follows other events (some scriptures that pertain to these events are: I Corinthians chapter 15; I Thessalonians 4:13-17, and the Book of Revelation).
Hebrews 3:1-6:
3:1From-which, holy brothers, sharers of (the) heavenly calling, you must mentally-perceive the apostle and chief-priest of our agreement: Jesus, .2being believing to the (One) having made him as also Moses in His house, .3for this (Jesus) was esteemed-worthy2 of more glory beside Moses – according to as-much-as he has more honor than the house, the (one) having fully-prepared it, .4for every house is fully-prepared by someone, but the (One) having fully-prepared all-things (is) God, .5and Moses indeed believing in His whole house as (the) attendant for a witness of the (things that) will be uttering-forth, .6but Christ as (the) son on His house, which house we are, if-ever-indeed we may hold-down the boldness and the boast of the hope.
Continuing from the end of ‘chapter 2’: From which fact…
The calling is the invitation that God has issued to all of mankind by means of the Lord Jesus Christ. All holy-people accepted this invitation at the moment we believed what God says regarding Himself and His son, and we received the gift of holy spirit. All holy-people are now God's sons with the spirit of Christ in us, the seed of Abraham, and we will in the future receive all that God has promised us in Christ Jesus. We have not yet received our new spiritual bodies like Christ has, but it is available for us to be active sharers with Christ during the everyday living of our lives while he carries out his present tasks and responsibilities in bringing all things to completion.
From-which, holy brothers, sharers of the heavenly calling, you must mentally-perceive (fully take-note of, attentively notice in your minds)…
…of our agreement (pertaining to our saying the same thing, speaking the same words, our speech in agreement with him, our assent):
…being believing (Jesus is presently being faithful, having active belief/faith, trusting, he is reliable) with respect to the One Who made him (Who is God) in comparison to Moses who was also believing with respect to God Who made him in God’s house (referring to the household of God’s people). Jesus believes God today within God’s household of people (holy-people), and Moses believed God when he was alive within God’s household of people at that time (the sons of Israel).
The word “house” when used of God’s house also includes reference to the tent/tabernacle during Moses’ time (Numbers 12:4-10); the true temple while Jesus was on earth before his crucifixion of course was himself (Matthew 12:6, 26:61); and the temple today is the resurrected Christ Jesus with all holy-people (Acts 17:24; I Corinthians 3:16 and 17 and 6:19; II Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:21).
In truth, this Jesus has been esteemed-worthy (held, counted, deemed to be of equal-value, of like-worth) and he continues esteemed-worthy by God with/of more glory beside Moses (a bigger amount of importance, splendor, renown aside-from Moses, when compared against or side-by-side to/with Moses).
Why is Jesus esteemed worthy by God of more glory beside Moses?
In accordance, conformity and proportion to how much he has more honor than the house (to such a degree, as big an amount as he is estimated to be more valuable, deemed worthy of a bigger price than the house, which also has a certain value) – who has more honor than the house? – the one who fully-prepared it (who made the house ready, as putting an implement, vessel, utensil down in the correct position so it is prepared, the one who caused it to be ready for its appropriate use). It is a fact in the physical realm that all/every house is fully-prepared by someone (the house cannot make itself ready for use but someone has to make it ready according to how he wants it to be used).
But the One having fully-prepared all-things is God. We should always remember and acknowledge that God is the One Who has fully-prepared all things within His realm, including Jesus and Moses and of course God’s own house (household). God is the One Who has put all the implements, vessels, utensils down in the correct position ready to carry-out His will (whether they do or not is their free-will decision). Jesus did not make himself into being in a particular position within God’s house and neither did Moses – but GOD fully-prepared all things.
And Moses indeed believing (while he was alive he was faithful with respect to God) within the sphere of action of God’s whole house (the entire household at that time)…
– in what capacity? –
But Christ is believing (he is living today and he is being faithful with respect to God)…
– in what capacity? –
Again, the truth that he is God’s son is emphasized and God is the One Who made Jesus His son within His household. Also, we should remember what Paul has already explained to us about this in Hebrews chapters 1 and 2.
Christ is the son who has been given authority over God’s house, which house emphatically WE are. We holy-people, brothers including the Lord Jesus Christ, are indeed the people who make up God’s household. There is no doubt about this truth in the spirit category because we have already been made holy by receiving the gift of holy spirit and this cannot be changed.
We are the household and we also should do what it is our responsibility to do behavior-wise because God has also fully-prepared all of us (refer to verse 4) to be active members of the household. We share this in action if it should indeed ever happen that we would hold-down (have or hold firm/fast, retain)…
…of the hope (pertaining to the expectation that we have of the future events coming to pass).
[Reference: Genesis 41:40; Exodus 14:31 (Septuagint); Numbers 12:7; Deuteronomy 18:15; Matthew 11:10; John 20:21; Acts 3:22 and 26, 7:35-38 and 44, 26:22 and 23; II Corinthians chapter 3, 9:13; Romans 5:2, 10:5-10, 15:4 and 13; I Corinthians 10:1-4 and chapter 15; Galatians 5:5; Ephesians 1:3, 18 and 19, 2:6 and 19, 4:1 and 4; Philippians 3:14; Colossians 1:2, 5, 23, and 27; I Thessalonians 1:3, and chapter 4; II Thessalonians 2:16; I Timothy 1:1, 3:15, 6:12 and 13; II Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2, 2:13, 3:7; Hebrews 1:9, 2:7, 6:11 and 18-20, 7:19, 10:21 and 23. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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