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Text -- Hebrews 12:14-29 (NET)
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Do Not Reject God’s Warning
12:14 Pursue peace with everyone , and holiness , for without it no one will see the Lord .
12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God , that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble , and through him many become defiled .
12:16 And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau , who sold his own birthright for a single meal .
12:17 For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing , he was rejected , for he found no opportunity for repentance , although he sought the blessing with tears .
12:18 For you have not come to something that can be touched , to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
12:19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more .
12:20 For they could not bear what was commanded : “If even an animal touches the mountain , it must be stoned .”
12:21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said , “I shudder with fear .”
12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion , the city of the living God , the heavenly Jerusalem , and to myriads of angels , to the assembly
12:23 and congregation of the firstborn , who are enrolled in heaven , and to God , the judge of all , and to the spirits of the righteous , who have been made perfect ,
12:24 and to Jesus , the mediator of a new covenant , and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.
12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking ! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth , how much less shall we , if we reject the one who warns from heaven ?
12:26 Then his voice shook the earth , but now he has promised , “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too .”
12:27 Now this phrase “once more ” indicates the removal of what is shaken , that is , of created things , so that what is unshaken unshaken may remain .
12:28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom , let us give thanks , and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe .
12:29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Fear of God |
God |
Covenant |
HIGH PLACE |
Church |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
MOSES |
Quotations and Allusions |
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Heaven |
Jesus, The Christ |
Vision |
HEAVENS, NEW (AND EARTH, NEW) |
Birthright |
CITIZENSHIP |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
HAGGAI |
PAROUSIA |
Commandments |
Gospel |
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NET Notes: Heb 12:14 The references to peace and holiness show the close connection between this paragraph and the previous one. The pathway toward “holiness” ...
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NET Notes: Heb 12:17 Grk “it,” referring either to the repentance or the blessing. But the account in Gen 27:34-41 (which the author appeals to here) makes it ...
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NET Notes: Heb 12:18 This describes the nation of Israel approaching God on Mt. Sinai (Exod 19). There is a clear contrast with the reference to Mount Zion in v. 22, so th...
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NET Notes: Heb 12:19 Grk “a voice…from which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them.”
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NET Notes: Heb 12:22 Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically – that is, explaining ...
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NET Notes: Heb 12:24 Abel’s shed blood cried out to the Lord for justice and judgment, but Jesus’ blood speaks of redemption and forgiveness, something better ...
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