Hebrews 12:24

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to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

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Mount Zion, the hill in Jerusalem associated with David’s city and later the temple, here represents the heavenly Jerusalem—the gathered people and presence of God. Hebrews contrasts this covenantal approach to God through Jesus’ blood with Sinai’s fearful old-covenant setting.

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Hebrews 12:24 mentions Jerusalem and Mount Zion.

Jerusalem · Godot13
Mount Zion · Eman

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