Hebrews
3:2-4 KJV
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 honour than the house.
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all
things is God.
The Apostle uses Moses as an example of Christ in verse
two then spends the next two verses qualifying his illustration.
As a preacher I find this invigorating. I frequently use
illustrations and examples of Christ and His gospel and of other points in a
sermon. While those illustrations often work well when relating to things other
than Christ, there just is no adequate illustration for Him. Every illustration
has to be qualified in order to have any accuracy.
So Moses serves as an example of Christ because God did
send him to deliver Israel .
But the illustration breaks down in that
Moses failed in the
end, having committed such a sin that he was disqualified from leading Israel
With Christ there is no such failure
Moses built no
house but only led the one that had been built.
Christ did build His house (Matthew 16:18)
In this case the
builder was no ordinary man but is God.
Moses serves as an illustration
but it is one that must be qualified in that Moses was not a perfect (or even
great) illustration of Christ.
Any illustration we may find in
this world serves to help others understand a point of truth, but always falls
far short of the greatness of Christ.
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