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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-24
Sinai and Zion. This grand passage, extending to the end of the chapter, forms a magnificent finale to the lengthened general exhortation to constancy, beginning at Hebrews 10:19 , which occupies so important a place in the Epistle. The verses before us exhibit a highly wrought and impressive contrast between the Mosaic and the Christian dispensations. Mount Sinai is the emblem of the one, Mount Zion of the other. And Zion is incomparably superior to Sinai, in the privileges and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-24
The exalted privileges of sincere Christians. "For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched," etc. This paragraph exhibits a striking contrast between Sinai and Zion—the Mosaic and the Christian dispensations. The chief points of the contrast seem to be these: 1. The sensuous at Sinai is contrasted with the spiritual at Zion. At Sinai the manifestations were palpable, visible, audible ( Hebrews 12:18 , Hebrews 12:19 ); at Zion they were heavenly, and to some extent... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-24
Sinai and Zion. Esau bewailed his lost birthright, and yet to what did that birthright lead the posterity of him who gained it? See the posterity of Jacob gathered round the terrible mountain in the wilderness. The posterity of Esau might perhaps congratulate themselves on having escaped the constraints of Jehovah that fell so sorely on the kindred children of Jacob. If, then, this birthright, over the foolish casting away of which Esau shed such copious and fruitless tears, led to such... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29
There follows now, both for encouragement and for warning, a grand contrast between the Mosaic and Christian dispensations, founded on the phenomena that accompanied the giving of the Law. To Mount Sinai, with its repelling terrors, is opposed an ideal picture of Mount Zion and the heavenly Jerusalem, expressive of the communion of saints in Christ. And then at Hebrews 12:25 (as previously in Hebrews 10:1-39 ) the tone of encouragement changes again to one of warning, the very excess of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:22-24
But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. Here, as in Galatians 4:1-31 ., Zion and Jerusalem, ideally regarded, are contrasted with Sinai. The foundation of the conception is in the Old Testament. When David at length won the citadel of Zion, and placed the ark upon it, it was a sort of primary and typical fulfillment of the promise of rest, seen afar off by the patriarchs and from the wilderness. Psalms 24:1-10 ., which was sung on... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not, refusing him that spake (rather, warned ; the word here used is not λαλοῦντα , as before, but χρηματίζοντα, expressive of a Divine admonition or warning. In the passive it is translated "warned of God," "admonished of God," Matthew 2:12 , Matthew 2:22 ; Hebrews 8:5 ; Hebrews 11:7 ; of. Acts 10:22 , ἐχρηματίσθη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου ἁγίου ) on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:25-29
The final appeal. The body of the Epistle seems to conclude with these verses, Hebrews 13:1-25 . being of the nature of a postscript. The solemn warning which they utter breaks forth abruptly. It drops like a thunderbolt out of the sunny sky of Zion. I. OUR NEW TESTAMENT PRIVILEGES . 1. God speaks to us from heaven. ( Hebrews 13:25 ) At Sinai, and while the Jewish dispensation lasted, God spoke as it were "on earth," by an earthly mediator, Moses; and largely by means... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:26
Whose voice then shook the earth (see Exodus 19:18 , "The whole mount quaked greatly," though there the LXX . has λαός instead of ὄρος : but of. 5:1-31 ., "The earth trembled," and Psalms 114:7 , "Tremble, thou earth," etc., with reference to the phenomena at Sinai; also Habakkuk 3:6 , Habakkuk 3:10 ): but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. The prophecy referred to is Haggai 2:6 , Haggai 2:7 , "Yet once, it is a... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:27
Verse 27 27.And this word, yet once more, etc. The words of the Prophet are these, “Yet a little while;” and he means that the calamity of the people would not be perpetual, but that the Lord would succor them. But the Apostle lays no stress on this expression; he only infers from the shaking of the heaven and the earth that the state of the world was to be changed at the coming of Christ; for things created are subject to decay, but Christ’s kingdom is eternal; then all creatures must needs be... read more