Hebrews 12:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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,

Ye are come

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An innumerable

Revelation 5:11

General references

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

Ye are come

"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

How will they answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, and in it the afflicted among his people will find refuge."

therefore this is what the LORD God says: "Look! I am laying a foundation stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation: Whoever believes firmly will not act hastily.

"The scattered ones of the LORD will return, and they will enter Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads; they will attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

"And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," says the LORD.

"All the descendants of those who oppressed you will come bending low before you, and all those who despised you will bow down at your feet. They'll call you "The City of the LORD,' "Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'"

And everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will be delivered. For as the LORD has said, "In Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, the survivors whom the LORD is calling.'"

In this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.

Then I looked, and there was the lamb, standing on Mount Zion! With him were 144,000 people who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

Of the

See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

For what mortal man has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire like we did, and lived?

Joshua continued, "This is how you'll know that the living God really is among you: he's going to remove the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites right in front of you.

"This is what Hezekiah says: "Today is a day of trouble, rebuke, and blasphemy, because children are about to be born, but there is no strength to bring them to birth. Perhaps the LORD your God will take note of everything that Rab-shakeh has said, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to taunt the living God, and then he will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the survivors who remain.'"

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?

I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

The LORD is the true God; he's the living God and the everlasting king. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

"I hereby decree that in every area of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, who endures forever. His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion continues forever.

Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, "You are not my people,' it will be said, "You are children of the living God.'

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!"

In the very place where it was told them, "You are not my people,' they will be called children of the living God."

For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,

An innumerable

He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands were serving him, with millions upon millions waiting before him. The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed.

Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels, the living creatures, and the elders surrounding the throne. They numbered 10,000's times 10,000 and thousands times thousands.

General references

For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.