Hebrews Chapter Twelve Verses 14-24
HEBREWS CHAPTER TWELVE VS 14-24 (USING KJ TEXT, STUDY
BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord:
Heb 12:15 Looking diligently
lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Heb 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of
meat sold his birthright.
Heb 12:17 For ye know how
that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears.
Heb 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount
that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and
darkness, and tempest,
Heb 12:19 And the sound of a
trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice
they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Heb 12:20 (For they could not endure that
which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a
dart:
Heb 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of
the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels,
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of
the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Heb 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that
of Abel.
Main Point:
The writer addresses specific issues that were preventing some from realizing
their (positive) spiritual potential. Verses 14-21 are so overtly negative
because they are delivered to those destined to suffer the consequences of sin.
The following verses set them straight concerning the kingdom’s hierarchy they
are rejecting.
7. What must we strive for?
14) Peace: G1515 Probably from a primary verb εἴρω eirō (to join); peace (literally or figuratively)
Holiness: G38 From G37; properly purification, that is, (the state) purity
See to it: G1983 From G1909 and G4648; to oversee; by implication to beware: - look diligently, take the oversight. (The idea here is to take care of one another spiritually. What are the implications for this?)
On the flip: What to Avoid: Bitterness-becoming defiled by it, immorality, irreverent toward God,
14) Peace: G1515 Probably from a primary verb εἴρω eirō (to join); peace (literally or figuratively)
Holiness: G38 From G37; properly purification, that is, (the state) purity
See to it: G1983 From G1909 and G4648; to oversee; by implication to beware: - look diligently, take the oversight. (The idea here is to take care of one another spiritually. What are the implications for this?)
On the flip: What to Avoid: Bitterness-becoming defiled by it, immorality, irreverent toward God,
8. What are we to learn from Esau? Profane:
(worldly-minded) G952 From the base of G939 and βηλός bēlos
(a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door way), that is, (by implication of Jewish
notions) heathenish, wicked: -
profane (person)
The accusation is one of parallel to the
story. Esau stood as the heir. He was THE son by which the family name would
continue. The position was one to be regarded as precious and valued highly.
Think about it. From Abraham’s time forward, literally hundreds of people were in
his care. Likely thousands of animals. Alliances had been built. There had been
war and killing to get to where they were. Above all, these were promises from
God, not just Isaac.
And he let it go for a bowl of soup.
The thrust of the story is that he could not change it. He could not go back and do it over (though ultimately God did bless him). This is the impactful part of the story the writer is emphasizing. If you keep sinning (14-17), you spit in the face of God, where will you go from there?
And he let it go for a bowl of soup.
The thrust of the story is that he could not change it. He could not go back and do it over (though ultimately God did bless him). This is the impactful part of the story the writer is emphasizing. If you keep sinning (14-17), you spit in the face of God, where will you go from there?
9. Contrast the mountain we have not come to
and the mountain we have come to:
1. 18-21 What may be touched, (as referenced in the Moses experience). In this example, an experience too hard to bear….creating terror. An earthly visit from God. God….being too much to bear….too much to even be around.
2. 21-24 (Kingdom Speak) NOT EARTH. Figurative Zion….the City of the Living God…the HEAVENLY Jerusalem (city). Angels in festive gathering, the firstborn (or first new citizens (souls) of heaven), GOD…..and Jesus.
Notice he re-iterates the blood and the covenant. That statement brings it down to earth! The Christian IS PART OF THAT ON EARTH. That IS his main point from chapter 10/11 and the application of faith….WE ARE PILGRIMS!
1. 18-21 What may be touched, (as referenced in the Moses experience). In this example, an experience too hard to bear….creating terror. An earthly visit from God. God….being too much to bear….too much to even be around.
2. 21-24 (Kingdom Speak) NOT EARTH. Figurative Zion….the City of the Living God…the HEAVENLY Jerusalem (city). Angels in festive gathering, the firstborn (or first new citizens (souls) of heaven), GOD…..and Jesus.
Notice he re-iterates the blood and the covenant. That statement brings it down to earth! The Christian IS PART OF THAT ON EARTH. That IS his main point from chapter 10/11 and the application of faith….WE ARE PILGRIMS!
Additional:
24) What “word”
did Abel’s blood “speak”?
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