Mount Sion

‘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).