Mount Sion

Hebrews 12:18-22 For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) But you are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels

‘For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire.’ Ten facts about Mt. Sinai: Not to be touched (12:18; Ex. 19:12). Burned with fire (12:18; Ex. 19:18). Full of blackness (a thick cloud). Full of darkness (12:18; Deut. 4:11). Full of tempest (12:18; Ex. 19:16). Full of a sounding trumpet (12:19; Ex. 19:19). Full of the voice of God (12:19; Deut. 4:12; 5:4). Israel could not endure the voice or commandments (12:19-20; Deut. 5:23-26). Anything that touched the mount was killed (12:20; Ex. 19:12, 21). The sight was so terrible that even Moses trembled with fear (12:21).

‘Sion, and unto the city of the living God.’ Seven things in Heaven: The heavenly Mount Zion (12:22; Rom. 11:26; Rev. 14:1). The capital city of God (12:22; 11:10, 16; 13:14; Rev. 3:12; 21:1-27; 22:1-5; John 14:1-31). Innumerable angels (12:22; 1:5-14; Rev. 5:11-14). The general assembly and congregation of the firstborn (12:23; Col. 1:18). God the Judge of all (12:23). The spirits of just men made perfect (12:23; Rev. 6:9-11). Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant (12:24; 9:15; Matt. 26:28). The blood of Christ (12:24; Matt. 26:28; Col. 1:20; 1Pet. 1:18-23).