The Two Mountains

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Reading: Hebrews 12:18-24

Hebrews 12:18–24 ESV

18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Pray

There are two mountains

Mt. Sinai: the Mountain of Fear

The Scene Was Dangerous

Hebrews 12:18 ESV

18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

The Decrees Were Unbearable

Hebrews 12:19–20 ESV

19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

The Mediator Was Trembling

Hebrews 12:21 ESV

21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”

Mt. Zion: The Mountain of Faith

The Scene Is Peaceful

Hebrews 12:22 ESV

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

The Decrees Are Joyful

Hebrews 12:23 ESV

23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

The Mediator Is Exalted

Hebrews 12:24 ESV

24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.