12:18-20
This verse is referring back to the mountain that Moses went up. Then there was a dramatic display of God's power, the people could even hear the voice of God, and they begged to hear no more. Instead they were quite happy for Moses to be the only one to go and meet God. So they were quite happy when they were forbidden from going by further. People often complain that God does not make His presence more obvious, i.e. does not do more of the dramatic stuff. The record of the Bible actually indicates that we would not actually want this, it is only an excuse. In this incident the people did not want to know anymore. Jesus came and performed many miracles, yet many still did not believe and some were in outright opposition to Him. The "God should make it more obvious" claim is just a smokescreen.
12:21,22
Even Moses trembled with fear. But we have come to something different. Mount Zion is seen as the new Jerusalem, the object of all God's plans. we have come to the city of the living God. Once again we have come to something much better than anything there was in the Old Testament. We have come to the heavenly Jerusalem. We have come to what God has always being aiming at. In the Old Testament a phrase that occurs again and again is "I shall be their God and they shall be my people". Jesus said that there is great joy in heaven and among the angels when one sinner repents. We are part of what it is all about.
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