18 “For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Hebrews 12:18-24
Remember. Imagine what it was like. It’s for our good.
Fire, blasting trumpet, that voice that made all tremble in uncontrolled fear.
Think about these things. No human or beast could stand in the presence of such Holiness.
Terrifying does not begin to describe the scene.
Moses would praise God with these words.
“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like you, majestic in holiness…”
Yet…terrifying in perfect Holiness.
No living thing could even touch the mountain without death.
