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Hebrews 12:24-27

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

24. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel. 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven: 26. Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27. And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Hebrews 12:24-27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 12:24

Theological / Devotional

Mediator. For comment on Christ as mediator of the new covenant see on chapters 8:6; 9:15.

New covenant. See on chapter 8:8-10.

Blood of sprinkling. See on Exodus 24:6, 8; Hebrews 9:19, 21 ; 10:22. Here reference is to the atoning blood of Christ, by which the new covenant was ratified and by means of which sin is pardoned.

Speaketh. See on Genesis 4:10; cf. on Hebrews 11:4.

Better things. The blood of Abel cried forth for vengeance. The blood of Christ speaks eloquently of divine mercy and forgiveness.

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