Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29
God’s mercy and God’s judgment (12:18-29)There is no similarity between the experience of Israelite people under the old covenant and that of Christians under the new. Events that accompanied the giving of the law at Mount Sinai show that people saw the old covenant as something terrifying (18-21; cf. Exodus 19:12-13; Exodus 20:18-19). By contrast, Christians see the new covenant as something joyful. They are not kept at a distance from God as the Israelites were at Mount Sinai, but come right... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 12:26-27
Hebrews 12:26-27. Whose voice Namely, Christ’s, who appeared to Moses at the bush, gave the law, and conducted Israel through the wilderness; see on Exodus 3:2; Isaiah 63:9; 1 Corinthians 10:9; then shook the earth When, at the giving of the law, he spoke from Sinai, and the whole mount quaked greatly, Exodus 19:18; but now In the gospel times; he hath promised Or declared, saying, (Haggai 2:6,) Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven Meaning, probably, the... read more