Hebrews 12:22-24, You have come to Mount Zion, (We got sacred space, we got divine presence where God’s presence is, where his entourage is, plenty of Old Testament passages about the throne room of God.) into the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem and to innumerable angels in festal gathering 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 and to Jesus the mediator of a New Covenant. What’s the result? Jesus is the mediator of a new and better Covenant of Salvation, whose sprinkled blood allows his human siblings to come to Mount Zion, into the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem to innumerable angels and festal gathering to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven.
Believers have come, we have come to Mount Zion, city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. This has been accomplished with ongoing effects, this is a we are already there, but not yet statement. The spirits of the righteous already perfected, that’s a reference back to Hebrews chapter 11, we are already part of that community, that includes glorified believers in God’s presence, that includes the heavenly host-the divine counsel, that includes Jesus the mediator of the new and better Covenant. Spiritually speaking, we are not part of the old community, where God could not be approached. Where God couldn’t be approached on the mountain and the people were scared out of their wits, but only Moses could be there, we are not in that community.
We have become part of God’s family, which is all inclusive and we have this access now. What if we didn’t separate verse 1 of Hebrews 12 from these three verses 22 and 23 and 24 of Hebrews 12, what if we consider them together. What if we didn’t separate the cloud of witnesses from the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven and the innumerable angels in festal gathering. What if we read all these things in tandem. Let’s loop in Hebrews chapter 2, because it presents believers in the congregation or the assembly of God, the divine counsel were Jesus and God are present and we get introduced to God. We have a meeting, we have a gathering, here are the children that you’ve given me, says Jesus. Whatever this cloud or the assembly of the firstborn or our enrollment in heaven among the angels, it is inseparable from Jesus and his work. Hebrews 2 has Jesus bringing many sons and or children to glory as the founder of their salvation and he introduces his father to his human brothers and sisters to God in the midst of the congregation.
There are believers who’ve been faithful in the past, there’s the Hebrews 11 crowd and in verse 24, Jesus the mediator of a New Covenant, they’re all together. Where else do we have a Heavenly gathering with God present and Jesus present and human believers and supernatural beings? The answer is, Hebrews 2. It’s really important to consider all of these things, Hebrews 2 and Hebrews 12 situate their humans in the divine council or humans in the assembly of the firstborn with the angels.
Believers have come, we have come to Mount Zion, city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. This has been accomplished with ongoing effects, this is a we are already there, but not yet statement. The spirits of the righteous already perfected, that’s a reference back to Hebrews chapter 11, we are already part of that community, that includes glorified believers in God’s presence, that includes the heavenly host-the divine counsel, that includes Jesus the mediator of the new and better Covenant. Spiritually speaking, we are not part of the old community, where God could not be approached. Where God couldn’t be approached on the mountain and the people were scared out of their wits, but only Moses could be there, we are not in that community.
We have become part of God’s family, which is all inclusive and we have this access now. What if we didn’t separate verse 1 of Hebrews 12 from these three verses 22 and 23 and 24 of Hebrews 12, what if we consider them together. What if we didn’t separate the cloud of witnesses from the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven and the innumerable angels in festal gathering. What if we read all these things in tandem. Let’s loop in Hebrews chapter 2, because it presents believers in the congregation or the assembly of God, the divine counsel were Jesus and God are present and we get introduced to God. We have a meeting, we have a gathering, here are the children that you’ve given me, says Jesus. Whatever this cloud or the assembly of the firstborn or our enrollment in heaven among the angels, it is inseparable from Jesus and his work. Hebrews 2 has Jesus bringing many sons and or children to glory as the founder of their salvation and he introduces his father to his human brothers and sisters to God in the midst of the congregation.
There are believers who’ve been faithful in the past, there’s the Hebrews 11 crowd and in verse 24, Jesus the mediator of a New Covenant, they’re all together. Where else do we have a Heavenly gathering with God present and Jesus present and human believers and supernatural beings? The answer is, Hebrews 2. It’s really important to consider all of these things, Hebrews 2 and Hebrews 12 situate their humans in the divine council or humans in the assembly of the firstborn with the angels.
