Bible Passage Scripture Block

For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. As it is said, ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.’

We have come to share in Christ, but only if we hold fast to the end our original confession of faith. Just as it is written in Scripture, ‘Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.’

Letter to Jewish Christians that is calling on them to “hold fast” in spite of persecution. The main argument is the “better” things that exist for them through Christ Jesus. Chapter three deals specifically with Jesus’ superiority to Moses himself (vss 1-6) and goes on to compare the followers of Moses to those of Jesus. The writer here repeats a quote made earlier (vs 7) from Psalms 95:7-11. The writer goes on to explain (interpret) those who rebelled (vss 16-19) as those that followed Moses from Egypt but “provoked” God and “sinned”, thereby dying in the wilderness (vss 16-17). As a result, they did not “enter his rest” since they were “disobedient”(vs 18), which is the same as “unbelief” (vs 19).