For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. For they could not bear the command, “IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED.” And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling.” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church 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, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.” This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.
vss 18-24 - "The old covenant (the law) and the new covenant (the gospel) are contrasted by comparing Mount Sinai, where the law was given, with Mount Zion, the spiritual city, eternal in the heavens and symbolic of the gospel of grace." (Ryrie)
church of the firstborn - "Lit., church of first born ones. NT believers who belong to the church, the Body of Christ." (Ryrie)
spirits of the righteous made perfect - "Believers of OT times." (Ryrie)
vs 26 - "This refers to cataclysmic events connected with Christ's return. The quote is from Hag. 2:6." (Ryrie)
"The pronoun 'whose' refers to God whose voice at Sinai at the time shook the earth, but who since Calvary, is speaking, not through angels but through His Son. But a future time will come when God will not only shake the earth but the heavens. The writer quotes the prophecy of Haggai 2:6. This will be fulfilled during the Great Tribulation period at which time the movements an functions of the heavenly bodies will be disorganized (Rev 6:12-17; 8:12), and an earthquake will shake the entire earth, occurring at the moment the Messiah's feet touch the Mount of Olives at the close of the Great Tribulation (Zech 14:4-5; Rev 6:12; 11:13; 16:18; 18)." (Wuest)
"Very reminiscent of: Hebrews 2:3: 'How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;' We see the danger to those who fail to listen, fail to endure, fail to make it until God's grace arrives with Israel's promised inheritance. God had spoken from heaven in Exodus 18:19 at the giving of the first covenant and Haggai said that God will speak again at the installation of the new covenant (Hag 2:6-9) and 'The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former.' The ominous tone of this passage is fitting in that God's wrath being poured out upon His enemies on this sin-cursed Earth is in view, as prophesied in Haggai as well. Hebrews 10:31: 'It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.'" (McLean)
those things which cannot be shaken - "I.e., the eternal kingdom to which Christians belong (v 28)." (Ryrie)
vss 18-24 - "The old covenant (the law) and the new covenant (the gospel) are contrasted by comparing Mount Sinai, where the law was given, with Mount Zion, the spiritual city, eternal in the heavens and symbolic of the gospel of grace." (Ryrie)
church of the firstborn - "Lit., church of first born ones. NT believers who belong to the church, the Body of Christ." (Ryrie)
spirits of the righteous made perfect - "Believers of OT times." (Ryrie)
vs 26 - "This refers to cataclysmic events connected with Christ's return. The quote is from Hag. 2:6." (Ryrie)
"The pronoun 'whose' refers to God whose voice at Sinai at the time shook the earth, but who since Calvary, is speaking, not through angels but through His Son. But a future time will come when God will not only shake the earth but the heavens. The writer quotes the prophecy of Haggai 2:6. This will be fulfilled during the Great Tribulation period at which time the movements an functions of the heavenly bodies will be disorganized (Rev 6:12-17; 8:12), and an earthquake will shake the entire earth, occurring at the moment the Messiah's feet touch the Mount of Olives at the close of the Great Tribulation (Zech 14:4-5; Rev 6:12; 11:13; 16:18; 18)." (Wuest)
"Very reminiscent of: Hebrews 2:3: 'How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;' We see the danger to those who fail to listen, fail to endure, fail to make it until God's grace arrives with Israel's promised inheritance. God had spoken from heaven in Exodus 18:19 at the giving of the first covenant and Haggai said that God will speak again at the installation of the new covenant (Hag 2:6-9) and 'The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former.' The ominous tone of this passage is fitting in that God's wrath being poured out upon His enemies on this sin-cursed Earth is in view, as prophesied in Haggai as well. Hebrews 10:31: 'It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.'" (McLean)
those things which cannot be shaken - "I.e., the eternal kingdom to which Christians belong (v 28)." (Ryrie)
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