Covenant Reformed News – May 2011 • Volume XIII, Issue 13
This article from Covenant Reformed News provides exegetical commentary on Hebrews 12:22-24, exploring the privileges of New Testament believers including access to Mount Sion, communion with angels, and membership in the universal church of the elect. The author emphasizes the spiritual fulfillment of Old Testament types and feasts in the New Covenant economy, contrasting the earthly experience of Old Testament saints with the heavenly and spiritual blessings of New Testament believers.
Mount Sion (3) The first glorious privilege of the New Testament church in Hebrews 12:22-24 is our coming to (spiritual) Mount Sion and Jerusalem (22), as we saw in the last News. The second blessing of the New Testament church and economy involves the angels: “But ye are come … to an innumerable company of angels” (22). This is speaking of elect, godly angels, not Satan and his demons. This “innumerable company” of angels is far more than those at Mount Sinai. We come to them; we are not like...