New Residence; Enduring Until the Fulfillment; Partakers and Participants; Holy Ethnicity

Jesus made time to prepare his disciples for his crucifixion. He explained that he was going to prepare a place for them. Jesus is teaching them to look ahead to what comes after life on earth. The disciples were not sure what happens when humans die, so Jesus was giving them insight and knowledge that they could lean on when they would be persecuted. What we find out is that Jesus is making a residence for us as well, but there is a condition. We are told to trust, because the Elohim is trustworthy. We are told that we are partakers with Jesus Messiah and we are living stones. We have become a selected genos, a new tribe, and are made kings, priests, and have a holy ethnicity. With this great future we have one thing that we need to do now, stand firm until the fulfillment. Let’s explore. 

John 14:1 G3361 Let not G5015 [³be disturbed G1473 ¹your G2588 ²heart]! G4100 Trust G1519 in G3588   G2316 God, G2532 and G1519 [²in G1473 ³me G4100 ¹trust]!

  2 G1722 In G3588 the G3614 residence G3588   G3962 of my father G1473   G3438 [³abodes G4183 ²many G1510.2.6 ¹there are]; G1490 but if not, G2036 I would have told G302   G1473 you. G4198 I go G2090 to prepare G5117 a place G1473 for you.

3614 LSJ Gloss:οἰκία a building, house, dwelling

Dodson:οἰκία a house, household a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.

TBESG:οἰκία house

G:N-F

οἰκία, -ας, ἡ

(< οἶκος), [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for בַּיִת ;] 

a house, dwelling:

__(a) of the body as the dwelling of the soul: 2Co.5:1; 

__(b) of property (as בַּיִת, Gen.45:18, LXX, τ. υπάρχοντα; 3Ki.13:8, LXX, οἶκος) = οἶκος (which see):

__(with) of the inmates of the dwelling, the household: Mat.12:25; with genitive of person(s),

SYN.: οἶκος, which in Attic law denoted the whole estate, οἰκία, the dwelling only. In cl. poets οἶκος has also the latter sense, but not in prose, except in metaph. usage, where it signifies both property and household. The foregoing distinction is not, however, consistently maintained in late Greek; cf. MM, ii, xvii, and see Thayer, see word οἰκία (AS)

Thayer:

1) a house 

1a) an inhabited edifice, a dwelling 

1b) the inmates of a house, the family 

1c) property, wealth, goods

For Synonyms see entry G5867

οἰκία 

oikia oy-kee'-ah From G3624; properly residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication a family (especially domestics) KJV Usage: home, house (-hold).

3438 LSJ Gloss:μονή a staying, abiding, tarrying, stay

Dodson:μονή lodging, dwelling-place, room

lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion.

TBESG:μονή abode

G:N-F

μονή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< μένω), [in LXX: 1Ma.7:38 * ;] 

__1. in cl., 

__(a) a staying, abiding; 

__(b) continuance (LXX, 1 with) 

__2. In late Gk., 

__(a) a statson (Paus.); 

__(b) an abode:

(AS)

Thayer:

1) a staying, abiding, dwelling, abode 

2) to make an (one's) abode 

3) metaph. of the God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers

μονή 

monē mon-ay' From G3306; a staying, that is, residence (the act or the place) KJV Usage: abode, mansion.

Jesus’ instructs them to trust the Elohim and to trust Him. In the dwelling of the Father there are many residences. Who is living there now? We know that it is not the saints as the saints will be harpazo’d and enter the kingdom of heaven at one time, both from earth and paradise. We know that there are many other sons of the Elohim, angels, cherubim, seraphim, ophanim, etc., who are all residing in the kingdom of heaven now. There are already monē, mansions, or abodes for them. Jesus is preparing a place for us in the oikia, dwelling or house of the Father. Will our neighborhoods be segregated or will we intermingle with the other sons of the Elohim? Where is the Fathers dwelling? We know from scripture that it is in the kingdom of heaven, which is inside the kingdom of God. 

John 14:3 G2532 And G1437 whenever G4198 I should go G2532 and G2090 should prepare G1473 for you G5117 a place, G3825 again G2064 I will come G2532 and G3880 take G1473 you G4314 to G1683 myself; G2443 that G3699 where G1510.2.1 I am, G1473   G2532 [³also G1473 ¹you G1510.3 ²should be].

3880 LSJ Gloss:παραλαμβάνω to receive from

Dodson:παραλαμβάνω I take, receive I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.

TBESG:παραλαμβάνω to take

G:V

παρα-λαμβάνω 

[in LXX chiefly for לָקַח, also for יָרַשׁ, etc. ;] 

__1. with accusative of thing(s), like παραδέχομαι, correl. to παραδίδωμι, to receive from another:

__2. C. accusative of person(s), to take to or with oneself:

(AS)

Thayer:

1) to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self 

1a) an associate, a companion 

1b) metaph. 

1b1) to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be 

1b2) not to reject, not to withhold obedience 

2) to receive something transmitted 

2a) an office to be discharged 

2b) to receive with the mind 

2b1) by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds 

2b2) by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)

παραλαμβάνω 

paralambanō par-al-am-ban'-o From G3844 and G2983; to receive near, that is, associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy to assume an office; figuratively to learn KJV Usage: receive, take (unto, with).

"And if haply go and prepare you place again come and receive beside you to myself in that place where I exist and you might be.”

Jesus is preparing a place for us to be with him. Jesus wants us to be beside him, not just in the same town or the same region, but beside him. What we can understand here is that Jesus is going to bring us to the place he has prepared for us. We don’t know who prepared the other abodes and dwellings. We don’t know where those places are in relation to the place that Jesus is preparing for us. We know that what he is preparing is within the residence of the Father. 

John 14:4 G2532 And G3699 where G1473 I G5217 go G1492 you know, G2532 and G3588 the G3598 way G1492 you know.

“And where I depart know and the path know.”

Where did Jesus go? Where is Jesus now? Jesus says that they should know he’s departing, and they should know the path. Jesus is going to give them the road map.

John 14:5 G3004 [²says G1473 ³to him G* ¹Thomas], G2962 O Lord, G3756 we know not G1492   G4226 where G5217 you go; G2532 and G4459 how G1410 are we able G3588 [²the G3598 ³way G1492 ¹to know]?

  6 G3004 [²says G1473 ³to him G3588   G* ¹Jesus], G1473 I am G1510.2.1   G3588 the G3598 way, G2532 and G3588 the G225 truth, G2532 and G3588 the G2222 life; G3762 no one G2064 comes G4314 to G3588 the G3962 father G1508 unless G1223 through G1473 me.

Jesus is the road map, the confession of Jesus as Yahweh Messiah is the way, the truth, and that road leads to eternal life. A bit later Jesus explains again the abode that is being made. 

John 14:23 G611 Jesus answered G3588   G*   G2532 and G2036 said G1473 to him, G1437 If G5100 anyone G25 loves G1473 me, G3588   G3056 [²my word G1473   G5083 ¹he will give heed to], G2532 and G3588   G3962 my father G1473   G25 will love G1473 him, G2532 and G4314 to G1473 him G2064 we will come, G2532 and G3438 [²an abode G3844 ³with G1473 ⁴him G4160 ¹we will make].

Jesus explains our new neighborhood. Wherever we are going to live, Jesus and the Father will live with us. Whether we live in a mixed neighborhood with the other sons of the Elohim or not, Jesus Messiah and the Almighty Heavenly Father will live with us. 

Certainly Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah, but there were many people who were rejecting Jesus. Instead of moving forward into the time period Yahweh Elohim had mapped out for them, the culmination of the perfect time for the Messiah, they retreated backwards in time to the law of Moses. They did this because it was easy, it didn’t cost them anything, meaning they didn’t wander around the desert for forty years. They disregarded all the things Yahweh did for them, during that 1500 years or so between the exodus and Jesus’ coming, to free the entire nation of Israel. It was not about religious leaders losing their positions because the Messiah came, but the religious leaders were threatened so they rejected the Messiah and forced the entire nation to continue in the law. But the problem they didn’t see was that Moses was only a steward of the House of the Elohim, not an owner of the house. They will never find rest if they do not trust the Messiah the Elohim sent. 

Hebrews 3:1 G3606 Whereupon, G80 [²brethren G39 ¹holy], G2821 [³calling G2032 ²of the heavenly G3353 ¹partakers], G2657 contemplate G3588 the G652 apostle G2532 and G749 chief priest G3588   G3671 of our acknowledgment offering -- G1473   G5547 Christ G* Jesus!

  2 G4103 being trustworthy G1510.6   G3588 to the one G4160 appointing G1473 him, G5613 as G2532 also G* Moses G1722 in G3650 all G3588   G3624 his house. G1473  

3624 LSJ Gloss:οἶκος a house, abode, dwelling

Dodson:οἶκος a house, household (a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.

TBESG:οἶκος house

G:N-M

οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ, 

[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל ,הֵכָל, etc. ;] 

__1. prop., a house, dwelling:

__2. By meton., a house, household, family:

SYN.: see: οἰκία. (AS)

Thayer:

1) a house 

1a) an inhabited house, home 

1b) any building whatever 

1b1) of a palace 

1b2) the house of God, the tabernacle 

1c) any dwelling place 

1c1) of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it 

1c2) of tents, and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals 

1c3) the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile 

2) the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household 

2a) the family of God, of the Christian Church, of the church of the Old and New Testaments 

3) stock, family, descendants of one

For Synonyms see entry G5867

οἶκος 

oikos oy'-kos Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: home, house (-hold), temple.

As we have discussed previously, Hebrews was written by a companion of Paul, probably an Essene and as we can see the writer is very literate and well versed in Greek. We are partakers or partners metochos, of the heavenly calling. The writer says to contemplate Jesus being trustworthy similar to Moses. Moses’ house is not his family house it is the house of the worshippers in the Tabernacle, The House of the Elohim. Moses was a trustworthy servant to establish the tabernacle. Jesus told us in John 14:1 to trust him and the Elohim. Trust is central to faith.

Hebrews 3:3 G4183 [⁴more G1063 ¹For G1391 ⁵glory G3778 ²this one G3844 ⁶than G* ⁷Moses G515 ³has been counted worthy of], G2596 on account of G3745 as much as G4183 [⁵more G5092 ⁶honor G2192 ⁴has G3588 ⁷than the G3624 ⁸house G3588 ¹the one G2680 ²carefully preparing G1473 ³ the house].

  4 G3956 For every G1063   G3624 house G2680 is carefully prepared G5259 by G5100 someone, G3588 but the one G1161   G3588 [²the whole G3956   G2680 ¹carefully preparing] G2316 is God.

  5 G2532 And G* Moses G3303 indeed G4103 was trustworthy G1722 in G3650 all G3588   G3624 his house, G1473   G5613 as G2324 an attendant, G1519 for G3142 a testimony G3588 of the things G2980 going to be spoken;

2324 LSJ Gloss:θεράπων a waiting-man, attendant

Dodson:θεράπων a servant, attendant a servant, attendant, minister.

TBESG:θεράπων servant

G:N-M

θεράπων, -οντος, ὁ 

[in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד ;] 

an attendant, servant: Heb.3:5 (LXX)

SYN.: see: διάκονος (AS)

Thayer:

1) an attendant, servant: of God 

1a) spoken of Moses discharging the duties committed to him by God

For Synonyms see entry G5834

θεράπων 

therapōn ther-ap'-ohn Apparently a participle from an otherwise obsolete derivation of the base of G2330; a menial attendant (as if cherishing)

KJV Usage: servant.

Moses was a servant, a menial attendant of the house of Yahweh Elohim. Moses was a “servant into spoken witness” for Israel. But Jesus is a son over His house. Moses taught the ways of worship, Jesus is the way of worship. Moses taught the truth, Jesus is the truth. Moses taught life, Jesus is life. Moses was the attendant of the tabernacle, Jesus is the owner of the tabernacle. Moses taught people about Yahweh, Jesus is Yahweh. Today we are His house.

Hebrews 3:6 G5547 but Christ G1161   G5613 as G5207 a son G1909 over G3588   G3624 his house, G1473   G3739 whose G3624 house G1510.2.4 are G1473 we, G1437.1 if indeed G3588 the G3954 confidence G2532 and G3588 the G2745 boasting G3588 of the G1680 hope G3360 [³until G5056 ⁴ the end G949 ²firm G2722 ¹we should hold].

"But Messiah since a son over the house his which house we are if indeed the all outspokenness and the boast the expectation as far as fulfillment steadfast enduring downward hold” 

The word translated confidence here is parrhēsia meaning “all utter”, as a stream, gushing or flowing. The word boasting kauchēma means “glorying”. We are of His house if we are outspoken and glorify the hope, the expectation, through to the fulfillment of the hope, with holding down steadfast endurance.

The Holy Spirit says this:

 

Hebrews 3:7 G1352 Therefore, G2531 as G3004 [⁴says G3588 ¹the G4151 ³spirit G3588   G39 ²holy], 

G4594 Today, G1437 if G3588   G5456 [²his voice G1473   G191 ¹you should hearken to],

  8 G3361 you should not G4645 harden G3588   G2588 your hearts G1473   G5613 as G1722 in G3588 the G3894 embittering, G2596 in G3588 the G2250 day G3588 of the G3986 test G1722 in G3588 the G2048 wilderness,

  9 G3739 of which place G3985 [²tested G1473 ³me G3588   G3962 ¹your fathers], G1473   G1381 tried G1473 me, G2532 and G1492 beheld G3588   G2041 my works G1473   G5062 forty G2094 years.

  10 G1352 Therefore G4360 I loathed G3588   G1074 that generation, G1565   G2532 and G2036 said, G104 Continually G4105 they err G3588 in the G2588 heart, G1473 and they G1161   G3756 knew not G1097   G3588   G3598 my ways; G1473  

  11 G5613 as G3660 I swore by an oath G1722 in G3588   G3709 my wrath, G1473   G1487 Shall they  if whether  G1525 enter G1519 into G3588   G2663 my rest, no . G1473  

1487 LSJ Gloss:εἰ whether.

Dodson:εἰ if.

Strong’s:εἰ if, whether, that, etc.

Derivation: a primary particle of conditionality;

KJV Usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether.

Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in G1489, G1490, G1499, G1508, G1509, G1512, G1513, G1536, G1537. See also G1437. G1489 G1490 G1499 G1508 G1509 G1512 G1513 G1536 G1537 G1437

TBESG:εἰ if

G:Cond

εἰ, 

conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. 

__I. Conditional, if; 

__1. with indic, expressing a general assumption; 

__(a) pres.: before indic, pres.,

__(b) fut.:

__2. Where the assumption is certain = ἐπεί:

__3. Of an unfulfilled condition, with indic, impf., aor. or plpf., before ἄν, with imp. or aor. (see: ἄν, I, i). 

__4. C. indic., after verbs denoting wonder, etc., sometimes, but not always, coupled with an element of doubt:

__5. C. indic., as in LXX (

Thayer:

1) if, whether

εἰ 

ei i  A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

KJV Usage: forasmuch as, if, that, ([al-]) though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in G1489, G1490, G1499, G1508, G1509, G1512, G1513, G1536, and G1537. See also G1437.

 

 Topical Lexicon

Overview

Strong’s Greek 1487, εἰ, is the common Koine particle introducing a condition. It stands at the hinge between stated fact and possible outcome, inviting readers to weigh both promise and consequence under God’s sovereign truth. Its 508 New Testament occurrences span every major author and genre, shaping doctrine, persuasion, and devotion.

Spectrum of Conditional Force

1. Factual condition (“if – and the premise is true”): Since English has no exact equivalent, translators often render it “since.” Example – Matthew 12:28: “But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Here Jesus assumes the reality of His miracles to prove the in-breaking kingdom.

2. Hypothetical condition (“if – and the premise may or may not be true”): Luke 14:28: “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?” The outcome is open-ended, pressing hearers toward careful discipleship.

3. Contrary-to-fact condition (εἰ plus imperfect or aorist indicative): John 15:22: “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.” The statement assumes the reverse of reality to emphasize present guilt.

4. Mixed and elliptical forms with ἄν or other particles extend the nuance (e.g., 1 Corinthians 15:19; Hebrews 4:8).

 

 

The Holy Spirit did not say they would enter into rest. Instead the Holy Spirit said: 

“Thus swear in the anger whether into come reposing down” 

The word katapausis is a “downward rest”. They hardened their hearts in the wilderness, then they hardened their hearts to the Messiah. Now instead of changing their hearts, they backtracked to Moses and unhardened their hearts to Moses’ house which was 1,565 years earlier. Think this through. It was easy to re-claim Moses as the leader of their house, because they didn’t live at that time, and it was not costing them anything. But just like the generation in the wilderness, wandering for forty years, they now harden their hearts to Yahweh Elohim again, when Jesus Messiah comes. They angered the Elohim and they will not find rest. Even today they will not find rest. 

Psa 95:7 (Brenton) For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Psa 95:8  To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of irritation in the wilderness:

Psa 95:9  where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

Psa 95:10  Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.

Psa 95:11  So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

That generation did not enter into the Elohims rest. This generation does not enter into the Elohims rest either because they reject the Messiah the Elohim sent. What is worse is that there is no temple, so that no one can be cleansed of their sin. Every Jew dies in his/her sins because there is no way to make atonement for sin. There is no other atonement for sin except prescribed by law, unless they come to a saving knowledge of Messiah Jesus and confess him with their mouth and believe in their heart that the Elohim rose him up on the third day. 

Hebrews 3:12 G991 Take heed, G80 brethren, G3379 lest at any time G1510.8.3 there shall be G1722 in G5100 some G1473 of you G2588 [³in heart G4190 ¹a wicked G570 ²unbelief] G1722 in G3588 the G868 separating G575 from G2316 the living God. G2198  

What separates us from the Living Elohim? A wicked unbelieving heart. The word separating is aphistēmi meaning “away from stand”. No one with a wicked unbelieving heart can stand together with the Elohim, but instead stands away from the Elohim.  

Hebrews 3:13 G235 But G3870 encourage G1438 yourselves G2596 according to G1538 each G2250 day, G891 as long as G3739 of which G3588   G4594 [²today G2564 ¹it is called], G2443 that G3361 you should not G4645 be hardened, G5100 any G1537 of G1473 you, G5100 any G539 by the deception G3588   G266 of sin.

 

We all should check our heart daily for hardness and sin because we are partakers with the Messiah.

Hebrews 3:14 G3353 [³partakers G1063   G1063 ¹For G1096 ²we have become] G3588 of the G5547 Christ, G1437.1 if indeed G3588 the G746 beginning G3588 of the G5287 support G3360 [³until G5056 ⁴ the end G949 ²firm G2722 ¹we should hold],

949 LSJ Gloss:βέβαιος firm, steady, steadfast, sure, certain

Dodson:βέβαιος firm, steadfast, enduring firm, steadfast, enduring, sure, certain.

TBESG:βέβαιος firm

G:A

βέβαιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; < βαίνω), 

[in LXX:

Thayer:

1) stable, fast, firm 

2) metaph. sure, trusty

βέβαιος 

bebaios beb'-ah-yos From the base of G939 (through the idea of basality); stable (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: firm, of force, stedfast, sure.

“Participant for become the Messiah if indeed the origin the from under stand as far as fulfillment steadfast enduring downward hold.”

We have to be steadfast and endure through to the fulfillment to be participants with the Messiah. In other words, double down on Jesus Messiah. There is no letting up, continue through to the end. The word metochos means a “partner, participant, partaker, a sharer or an associate”. We are partakers of the heavenly calling (v.1) and partakers with the Messiah if we are steadfast and enduring until the fulfillment.

Hebrews 3:15 G1722 as in G3588 the G3004 saying, G4594 Today G1437 if G3588   G5456 [²his voice G1473   G191 ¹you should hearken to], G3361 you should not G4645 harden G3588   G2588 your hearts G1473   G5613 as G1722 in G3588 the G3894 embittering.

Referencing Psalms 95 again, do not harden your hearts as in the provocation or rebellion in the wilderness. 

Hebrews 3:16 G5100 For some G1063   G191 having heard G3893 rebelled; G235 but G3756 not G3956 all G3588 the ones G1831 coming forth G1537 out of G* Egypt G1223 with G* Moses.

  17 G5100 And to whom G1161   G4360 did he loathe G5062 forty G2094 years? G3780 Was it not G3588 to the ones G264 having sinned, G3739 whose G3588   G2966 carcasses G4098 fell G1722 in G3588 the G2048 wilderness?

  18 G5100 And to whom G1161   G3660 did he swear by an oath G3361 to not to enter G1525   G1519 into G3588   G2663 his rest, G1473   G1508 unless G3588 to the ones G544 resisting persuasion?

  19 G2532 And G991 we see G3754 that G3756 they were not G1410 able G1525 to enter G1223 because of G570 unbelief.

Not everyone rebelled, but those that did messed it up for everyone. Today we are individually responsible for our heart and our faith. No one will enter the house that Jesus prepares with unbelief. No one will be admitted into the kingdom with a hardened rebellious heart. Moses was showing the way, Jesus is the way. 

When Jesus came the religious leaders turned everyone around, back to Moses. They demanded that people follow the attendant of the house instead of the owner. Everything they had lived through up to the time of the first century was a preparation for the Messiah. When Jesus started doing miracles they went backwards to enslavement instead of freedom in Christ. What did the religious leaders promote next? Persecutions. People were to persecute anyone and everyone associated with Jesus. 

Matthew 10:22 G2532 And G1510.8.5 you will be G3404 detested G5259 by G3956 all G1223 on account of G3588   G3686 my name. G1473   G3588 But the one G1161   G5278 remaining G1519 unto G5056 completion, G3778 this one G4982 shall be delivered.

Jesus says hupomenō “stay under, survive, or have fortitude and persevere". We cannot give up, we have to endure through to the fulfillment, the completion, telos. If we do then we will be saved, sōzō. Stay on the path, keep moving forward, and in the end Jesus will make us whole.

1 Corinthians 1:5 G3754 that G1722 in G3956 everything G4148 you were enriched G1722 in G1473 him G1722 in G3956 all G3056 word G2532 and G3956 in all G1108 knowledge;

  6 G2531 as G3588 the G3142 testimony G3588 of the G5547 Christ G950 was firmed up G1722 in G1473 you,

950 LSJ Gloss:βεβαιόω to make firm, confirm, establish, secure, warrant, make good

Dodson:βεβαιόω I confirm, ratify I confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee.

TBESG:βεβαιόω to confirm

G:V

βεβαιόω, -ῶ 

(< βέβαιος), [in LXX: Ps 40 (41)12 (נצב hi.), 118 (119)28 (קוּם pi.), 3Ma.5:42 * ;] 

to confirm, establish, secure, of things (cl.): λόγον, Mk 16:[20]; ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.15:8; of persons (DCG, ii, 605):

Thayer:

1) to make firm, establish, confirm, make sure

βεβαιόω 

bebaioō beb-ah-yo'-o From G949; to stabilitate (figuratively) KJV Usage: confirm, (e-) stablish.

The testimony of Jesus should be confirmed and established in us. We are wealthy in all logos and in all gnōsis, knowledge.

1 Corinthians 1:7 G5620 so that G1473 you G3361 be not G5302 lacking G1722 in G3367 not one G5486 favor; G553 awaiting G3588 the G602 revelation G3588   G2962 of our Lord G1473   G* Jesus G5547 Christ,

  8 G3739 who G2532 also G950 will firm up G1473 you G2193 unto G5056 the end, G410 without reproach G1722 in G3588 the G2250 day G3588   G2962 of our Lord G1473   G* Jesus G5547 Christ.

Why is it important for us to be established to the fulfillment? So that we do not fall short of any gifts of grace at the apokalupsis, the revealing of Yahweh Jesus Messiah. If we stay faithfully established, Jesus Messiah will establish us until the telos, fulfillment, and we will be irreproachable, or blameless, or un-accused in the day of Yahweh Jesus Messiah.

1 Corinthians 1:9 G4103 Trustworthy G3588   G2316 is God G1223 through G3739 whom G2564 you were called G1519 into G2842 a fellowship G3588   G5207 of his son G1473   G* Jesus G5547 Christ G3588   G2962 our Lord.

Trustworthy or faithful is the Elohim. Moses had to show everyone how trustworthy the Elohim was in the wilderness. Yet through all the years of miracles, they did not trust the Elohim when Messiah Jesus came. Trustworthy is the Elohim. Jesus told us that in John 14, we are to trust the Elohim and to trust Jesus.

We are called into a koinōnia, a partnership. We are participants, in communion with Jesus Messiah our Yahweh. Just as Hebrews 3:1 & 3:14 tells us, we are partakers and participants with Jesus, we are not passively watching from the sidelines, we are partakers in fellowship with the one preparing a place for us. How are we participants? We are living stones. 

1 Peter 2:4 G4314 To G3739 whom G4334 coming forward G3037 [²stone G2198 ¹as a living], G5259 [³by G444 ⁴men G3303 ¹indeed G593 ²being rejected], G3844 but by G1161   G2316 God G1588 chosen, G1784 valued;

  5 G2532 also G1473 yourselves, G5613 as G3037 [²stones G2198 ¹living], G3618 are being built up G3624 [²house G4152 ¹a spiritual], G2406 [²priesthood G39 ¹a holy], G399 to offer G4152 spiritual G2378 sacrifices, G2144 well-received G3588   G2316 to God G1223 through G* Jesus G5547 Christ.

Jesus is the corner stone and we are the living stones, building the spiritual house. We are the holy priesthood. We are not passively watching others perform priestly service in Moses’ tabernacle. We are contributing stones, offering spiritual sacrifices that are well received and favorably pleasing to the Elohim on account of Jesus Messiah. 

1 Peter 2:6 G1360 For G4023 it is contained G1722 in G3588 the G1124 scripture, G2400 Behold, G5087 I place G1722 in G* Zion G3037 [⁴stone G204 ³cornering G1588 ¹a chosen G1784 ²valued]; G2532 and G3588 the one G4100 believing G1909 upon G1473 him, G3766.2 in no way G2617 shall be disgraced.

  7 G1473 To you G3767 then G3588 a stone of G5092 value -- G3588 to the ones G4100 believing; G544 but to the ones disobeying, G1161   G3037 a stone G3739 which G593 [³rejected G3588 ¹the ones G3618 ²building], G3778 this one G1096 became G1519 for G2776 the head G1137 of the corner,

  8 G2532 and G3037 a stone G4348 of stumbling, G2532 and G4073 a rock G4625 causing offence, G3739 which G4350 they stumble against G3588 the G3056 word, G544 being disobedient; G1519 to G3739 which G2532 also G5087 they were appointed.

We are detested but we stand firm and established. That means that everyone who detests us or tries to knock us down is a rock of offence, while we are living stones enduring until the fulfillment. Where is the corner stone in place? In Zion. But Jesus was rejected in Zion, and is still rejected in Zion. Jesus Messiah is a stumbling block for the Jews today. They stumble against the logos, they disbelieve where they were appointed or put in place. They have hardened their hearts as in the wilderness.

1 Peter 2:9 G1473 But you G1161   G1085 [²race G1588 ¹ are a chosen], G934 a royal G2406 priesthood, G1484 [²nation G39 ¹a holy], G2992 a people G1519 for G4047 procurement; G3704 so that G3588 [²the G703 ³virtues G1804 ¹you should publish] G3588 of the one G1537 [²from out of G4655 ³darkness G1473 ¹calling you] G2564   G1519 into G3588   G2298 his wonderful G1473   G5457 light.

“But you tribe selected kingly, priestly fraternity, ethnos holy people, into preservation in order that the moral excellence announced the from out of shadiness you call into the wonderful light.”

The saints are a new tribe, a selected kingly and priestly order, a holy ethnicity. The best Moses could do was lineage and heredity, but Jesus Messiah made a new race, a tribe of people. The saints are preserved. The saints announce moral excellence and coming out of shadiness calling people into wonderful light. The rejection of being a new tribe in Yahweh Jesus Messiah means death. Moses did not assign kings and priests, Yahweh did. Now again Yahweh assigns kings and priests. This time however it is not by birth right it is by a holy ethnicity. 

1 Peter 2:10 G3588 The ones G4218 at some time or other G3756 not G2992 a people, G3568 but now G1161   G2992 are a people G2316 of God; G3588 the ones G3756 not G1653 being shown mercy, G3568 but now G1161   G1653 are shown mercy.

This new genos, race or tribe, are gathered from across the globe from many nations. This tribe is now a sacred ethnos of kings and priests saved for calling on moral excellence. This diverse group are now people of the Elohim and this tribe is given divine grace. 

The Elohim is trustworthy. Jesus Messiah is trustworthy. Jesus is preparing a place for his new tribe of holy saints. We are of a new genos, a new nation, not defined by heredity but defined by faith. We are partakers and associates with Jesus Messiah, we are living stones. We will be participants in his millennial kingdom as kings and priests. We can look forward to a new place to live, one where we are abiding with Jesus and the Father. We stand firm, endure, and finish the course through to the end. We are a spiritual house and Jesus is preparing our next home.