Cling to Christ

Confidently Cling to Christ who is the Head of His Household!

1. Consider Christ’s Faithfulness

(Hebrews 3:2-3)

2. Consider Christ’s Construction

(Hebrews 3:4)

3. Consider Christ’s Household

(Hebrews 3:5-6)

1. Consider Christ’s Faithfulness

Hebrews 3:2–3 “2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was in all God’s household. 3 For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house.”

Moses Numbers 12:7–8 “7 Not so with my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my household. 8 I speak with him directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?””

Moses was considered more honor than the angels.

2. Consider Christ’s Construction

Hebrews 3:4 “4 Now every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God.”

Moses as a Type of Christ

The Prophesied Prophet

The Shadow (Moses): Moses foretold that God would raise up a final, supreme prophet from among the Israelites who must be obeyed.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him." — Deuteronomy 18:15 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): The Apostles explicitly identified Jesus as the fulfillment of this prophecy.

"Moses said: 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.'" — Acts 3:22 (CSB)

Delivered from Infanticide

The Shadow (Moses): As an infant, Moses’s life was threatened by Pharaoh, who ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be thrown into the Nile.

"Pharaoh then commanded all his people: 'You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.'" — Exodus 1:22 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): As an infant, Jesus’s life was threatened by King Herod, who ordered the slaughter of all male infants in Bethlehem.

"Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding district who were two years old and under..." — Matthew 2:16 (CSB)

The Mediator of a Covenant

The Shadow (Moses): Moses acted as the mediator who brought God’s law to the people and sealed the Old Covenant with blood.

"Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, 'This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.'" — Exodus 24:8 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant, sealing it not with the blood of animals, but with His own blood.

"Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance..." — Hebrews 9:15a (CSB)

Interceding for the Guilty

The Shadow (Moses): When Israel sinned with the golden calf, Moses offered to have his own name blotted out of God's book to save the people from judgment.

"Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written." — Exodus 32:32 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Jesus did not just offer; He actually was cut off and died on behalf of transgressors, and He continually prays for believers.

"Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, who has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us." — Romans 8:34 (CSB)

Miracles & Events

Building the Tabernacle

The Shadow (Moses): Moses constructed a temporary, physical sanctuary so God could dwell in the midst of a sinful nation.

"They are to make a sanctuary for me so that I may dwell among them. You must make it according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings." — Exodus 25:8–9 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Jesus is the ultimate tabernacle—God in human flesh—and the Divine Builder of God’s permanent house.

"The Word became flesh and dwelt [literally: tabernacled] among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." — John 1:14 (CSB)"For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house. Now every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God." — Hebrews 3:3–4 (CSB)

Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

The Shadow (Moses): When a plague of venomous snakes struck the rebellious camp, Moses lifted a bronze serpent on a pole. Anyone who looked at it lived.

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Make a snake image and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will recover.'" — Numbers 21:8 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Jesus was lifted up on the cross so that anyone dying from the spiritual poison of sin can look to Him and receive eternal life.

"Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." — John 3:14–15 (CSB)

Drawing Water from the Rock

The Shadow (Moses): In a barren, deadly desert, Moses struck the rock at Horeb at God’s command, and life-giving water poured out to save the thirsty nation.

"I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. When you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel." — Exodus 17:6 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): The physical rock was a physical picture of Jesus, who was struck for our transgressions so that the "living water" of the Holy Spirit could satisfy our spiritual thirst forever.

"...and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ." — 1 Corinthians 10:4 (CSB)"Jesus responded, 'Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up in him for eternal life.'" — John 4:13–14 (CSB)

Bringing Manna from Heaven

The Shadow (Moses): Moses was the instrument through whom God daily rained down bread from heaven to sustain Israel’s physical lives in the wilderness.

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'I am going to rain bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day...'" — Exodus 16:4a (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Jesus points out that physical manna only kept people alive for a short time. He is the true Bread from Heaven who satisfies spiritual hunger eternally.

"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.' ... 'I am the bread of life,' Jesus told them. 'No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.'" — John 6:32–33, 35 (CSB)

Fasting for Forty Days on the Mountain

The Shadow (Moses): Before delivering God's law to the people, Moses spent forty days and forty nights fasting in the presence of God on the mountain.

"Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat food or drink water. He wrote the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the tablets." — Exodus 34:28 (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): Before launching His public ministry of declaring the Kingdom of God, Jesus went into the wilderness to fast for forty days and forty nights, overcoming the devil's temptations.

"After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry." — Matthew 4:2 (CSB)

Appointing Seventy Leaders

The Shadow (Moses): To assist him in ministry and extend his leadership over the massive crowd of Israelites, Moses appointed seventy elders.

"The Lord said to Moses, 'Gather seventy men from Israel’s elders deeply known to you as leaders and officers of the people... I will take some of the Spirit who is on you and put it on them.'" — Numbers 11:16, 17b (CSB)

The Reality (Jesus): To extend the reach of His gospel ministry, Jesus appointed seventy (or seventy-two, depending on the manuscript) disciples and sent them out with His authority.

"After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go." — Luke 10:1 (CSB)

The Tabernacle The Tabernacle - Word made flesh and dwelt among us

Jesus, Elisha, Moses… Peter said sould we build a tabernacle…

Exodus 25, it was a tent—a temporary, fragile structure of skins and cloth—designed so that the holy presence of God could travel with His people through the wilderness.

Centuries later, the Apostle John uses that exact imagery to describe Jesus coming to Earth:

"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." > — John 1:14 (CSB) A Temporary Veil: The Old Testament Tabernacle hid the blazing glory of God behind heavy curtains so the people wouldn't perish. Likewise, Jesus’s human body was a temporary "tent" of flesh that veiled His divine, blinding glory (except for a brief moment at the Transfiguration).

The Center of the Camp: The Tabernacle was always pitched dead-center in the middle of the twelve tribes of Israel. God wanted to be right in the middle of their daily lives. Through Jesus, God came right into our world to walk, eat, and live among us.

The Only Place of Sacrifice: In the Old Testament, the Tabernacle was where the blood of lambs was poured out to cover sin. Jesus became the ultimate Tabernacle where the final, perfect sacrifice for sin was made on the cross.

Where God Meets Man: The Tabernacle was called the "Tent of Meeting" because it was the only place a priest could go to speak with God. Today, Jesus is the only "place" where we can meet God, access His mercy, and have a relationship with Him.

3. Consider Christ’s Household

Hebrews 3:5–6 “5 Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s household, as a testimony to what would be said in the future. 6 But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.” 1 Peter 2:5 “5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” 1 Timothy 3:15 “15 But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 1 Corinthians 3:16 “16 Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?” Ephesians 2:19–22 “19 So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you are also being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.” How We Live as Christ's Household:

Commitment

"hold on" tightly.

A healthy household requires dedication. We show we belong to His house by our daily commitment to stay anchored in Jesus, no matter what cultural storms roll in.

Contentment

the "hope in which we boast."

When Christ is the master of the house, we don't need to look to the world for satisfaction. True contentment is resting safely inside the household He built and provides for.

Cleanliness

Moses served faithfully in a physical house that required external rituals, but Christ rules over a spiritual house.

As His living temple, we pursue moral and spiritual cleanliness—allowing the Holy Spirit to sweep out sin and keep our hearts pure.

Clarity

"testimony to what would be said in the future."

In Christ's house, we have total clarity.

We are no longer looking at shadows or guessing at the future; the gospel gives us a crystal-clear vision of who God is and what He requires.

Community

"We are that household." A house isn't just a building; it’s a family.

We are not meant to follow Jesus in isolation.

Being part of Christ’s household means living in deep, authentic, loving community with our brothers and sisters in faith.

Continuity

bridges the past Moses to the present and future Christ.

We stand on the shoulders of the faithful who came before us, and we must pass that legacy down to the next generation.