Heb. 3:1-61Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house. 4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. 5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Hebrews 3:1‑6) HEB 3:1-61Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house. 4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. 5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Hebrews 3:1‑6)
"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.”
THE Jewish economy is here viewed as a house; Christ being the builder thereof, and Moses, so to speak, only a stone, an integral part of the building. Now if it be true that a builder is greater than the house which he builds, and still greater, of course, than any single stone in the edifice; Christ, we conclude, of necessity is greater than Moses, who, however distinguished as to his position in reference to the rest of the nation of Israel, was after all only a servant, and not a son, as Christ was over His own house.
Again, every ordinary house was founded by someone; and so the house typically set forth by the tabernacle or house in which Moses was faithful, had also a builder, even God. By this house we are to understand all things within the wide sphere of God's grace; all that over which Christ is Head, and will be manifested as such in the end. Now He, even Christ, who, as above said, built the type, namely, the sanctuary or house, built the antitype also; even all that of which, as stated above, GOD IS THE BUILDER: as it is written, "Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands" (Psa. 102:2525Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. (Psalm 102:25)); words which in Heb. 1:1010And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: (Hebrews 1:10), are quoted as referring directly to CHRIST. The inference from all this is, that Christ, the great originator of both, of the shadow and also of the substance (of whom moreover it is said, in Col. 1:1616For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Colossians 1:16), that "all things were created by him and for him"), is equal with God; in a word, IS HIMSELF NONE LESS THAN GOD; and if so, as before said, is greater of course than Moses His servant.
Observe, the fact of its being here said, "WHOSE HOUSE ARE WE," does not, we believe, at all interfere with the above interpretation as to the vast universal extent of the house; inasmuch as now, we, the Church, are God's house; whereas hereafter, in the coming kingdom, when the sphere is enlarged; and yet more in the new heavens and new earth, when the whole will be perfect, the house will comprise ALL THAT OVER WHICH GOD IS SUPREME.