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Hebrews 12:22-24

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.

Hebrews 12:22-24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 12:22

Theological / Devotional

But ye are come. The writer now turns from the experience of ancient Israel to that of Christians. The writer here speaks figuratively of living Christians as being assembled about the throne of God in heaven, a great gathering of the church invisible.

Mount Sion. The name of one of the mountains on which ancient Jerusalem was situated (see on Psalm 48:2). This became a favorite poetical name for the city of Jerusalem. Here reference is to “the heavenly Jerusalem.”

Living God. See on chapters 3:12; 9:14; 10:31.

Heavenly Jerusalem. For the application of the name Jerusalem, or New Jerusalem, to “the city of the living God” see on Revelation 3:12 ; 21:2.

Innumerable company. Literally, “myriads.” See on Revelation 5:11.

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