Hebrews 12:18–29

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

^18aFor you have not come to ^ba mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

¹⁹and to the ^ablast of a trumpet and the ^bsound of words which sound was such that those who heard ^cbegged that no further word be spoken to them.

²⁰For they could not bear the command, “^aIf even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.”

²¹And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “^aI am full of fear and trembling.”

²²But ^ayou have come to Mount Zion and to ^bthe city of ^cthe living God, ^dthe heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^emyriads of ¹angels,

²³to the general assembly and ^achurch of the firstborn who ^bare enrolled in heaven, and to God, ^cthe Judge of all, and to the ^dspirits of the righteous made perfect,

²⁴and to Jesus, the ^amediator of a new covenant, and to the ^bsprinkled blood, which speaks better than ^cthe blood of Abel.

The Unshaken Kingdom

^25aSee to it that you do not refuse Him who is ^bspeaking. For ^cif those did not escape when they ^drefused him who ^ewarned them on earth, ¹much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

²⁶And ^aHis voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “^bYet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.”

²⁷This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes ^athe removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

²⁸Therefore, since we receive a ^akingdom which cannot be shaken, let us ¹show gratitude, by which we may ^boffer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

²⁹for ^aour God is a consuming fire.