Hebrews 12:18-24
18 “For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 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. 20 For they could not cope with the command, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.’ 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, ‘I am terrified and trembling.’ 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23 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, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.”
The author is reminding the audience that they had not come to the same experiences as those under the Old Covenant. Instead, they have come to Mt. Zion, the Heavenly Jerusalem, the reality of which the Old Covenant had spoken. Believers have been enrolled in Heaven, in the New Covenant, and consequently live a life fueled by the blessings which come only from the New Covenant.
