A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
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For you have not come to z the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,
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and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it a begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.
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(For they could not endure what was commanded: b "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."
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And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, c "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling." )
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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
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to the general assembly and church of d the firstborn e who are registered in heaven, to God f the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men g made perfect,
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to Jesus h the Mediator of the new covenant, and to i the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things j than that of Abel.
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See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For k if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
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whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, l "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
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Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the m removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may n serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
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For o our God is a consuming fire.
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Exodus 19:12
You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 19:16
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Exodus 20:18
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
Deuteronomy 4:11
Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Exodus 20:18 - 26
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
Deuteronomy 5:25
Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore, then we shall die.
Deuteronomy 18:16
"according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.'
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Exodus 19:12
You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 19:13
'Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain."
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Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.
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James 1:18
Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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Luke 10:20
"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
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Genesis 18:25
"Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Psalms 50:6
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalms 94:2
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.
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Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
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1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 8:6
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
Hebrews 9:15
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
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Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.
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Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
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Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward.
Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
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Haggai 2:6
For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land.
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Isaiah 34:4
All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And ...
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains shall depart And the hills be...
Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I create new heavens and a new eart...
Romans 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creation eag...
Romans 8:21
Because the creation itself also will be delive...
1 Corinthians 7:31
And those who use this world as not misusing it...
Hebrews 1:10
And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foun...
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Hebrews 13:15
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:21
Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Exodus 24:17
The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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