Hebrews 12:22-24

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

²² But you have come to _e Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, _f the heavenly Jerusalem, and to _g innumerable angels in festal gathering, ²³ and to _h the assembly ₁ of the firstborn who are _i enrolled in heaven, and to _j God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus, _k the mediator of a new covenant, and to _l the sprinkled blood _m that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 14:1
   Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
   
2. Cross References
   Galatians 4:26
   But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
   
3. Cross References
   Jude 1:14
   It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 4:22
   Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 10:20
   Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 18:25
   Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
   
7. Cross References
   Hebrews 8:6
   But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
   Hebrews 9:15
   Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
   
8. Cross References
   Hebrews 10:22
   Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
   
9. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:4
   By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
   Genesis 4:10
   And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.