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.
Heb 3:6 (KJV)
Salvation.
Hebrews 3:1-6
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also [was faithful] in all His house. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things [is] God. And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken [afterward,] but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
Note that here Christ is being compared to Moses, and shown to be far greater. It is written, every house is built by someone, but He who built all is God.
Moses built a house, and was a servant in it - that house is the covenant of the law. As a servant Moses built that house for his Master, so that he might serve in it.
Christ however is not a servant but a Son over His own house: He did not build it as a servant but as He who would own it and rule over it.
He is contrasted with Moses here: He is not one who has merely built a house, but He that builds all things; God: through Whom for Whom and by Whom all things are.
The house of Moses is set up as a contrast with the house of Christ: the former house being the law, the latter being grace and truth.
If the former house, built by servants to serve in, could have produced righteousness then the latter house would have been unnecessary - but God Who built all things purposed a house in which He Himself would dwell with us, bringing us mercy and peace and life.
That house is Christ, it is Salvation, it is He in us and we in Him.
When a great palace is being built, first a temporary place for the workers is set up. When that castle is complete, the houses of the workers are taken away, and a garden is planted there, for the Master of the house to walk in, and to enjoy its fruit.