For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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Interpretation
Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in outward and earthly things. The gospel state is kind and condescending, suited to our weak frame.
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This thought runs through Hebrews 12:14-18.
Glossary
- Mount Sinai Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel Musa.