Hebrews 12:22 “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”
These English words are reasonably well translated but the following verses will enhance understanding of “Sion”. “Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded” “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob” “For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins” “As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes”.
Hebrews 12:23 “To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect”
English “church” throughout the bible were translated from Greek feminine noun 1577 ekklesia translated into English “assembly” in “Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together”. Greek feminine noun 1577 ekklesia is from a compound of Greek preposition 1537 ek denoting origin and Greek verb 2564 kaleo meaning to call “For many are called, but few are chosen” with “chosen” being translated from Greek adjective 1588 eklektos which was translated into English “elect” and “chosen” and is the adjective form of Greek noun 1589 ekloge being God’s “election”. The origin of “the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven” is God. I know not that any of the world’s 4,351 religions are of God’s origin.
English “perfect” in Hebrews 12:23 above and throughout the bible were translated from Greek verb 5048 teleioo as was Greek adjective 5046 teleios from Greek neuter noun 5056 telos being the objective God has called all human beings to attain and is the conclusion or completion of said objective. All who “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” every verse containing Greek words 5046-5056 should understand that aforementioned Greek words mean to complete transition from flesh thoughts and feelings to become entirely God’s spiritual thoughts and ways. To keep God’s “election” humble it is not possible to know if their transition is complete until they take their last flesh breath.
Hebrews 12:24 “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel”.
English “mediator” was translated from Greek masculine noun 3316 mesites. Greek verb 3315 mesiteuo meaning to arbitrate and ratify a “covenant” between God and God’s exclusive grammatical objects being God’s “election” was translated into English “confirmed it” in “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath” “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us” “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec”. English “willing” in Hebrews 6:17 above was translated from Greek verb 1014 boulomai which was translated into “will” in “All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him”and “But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” and “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures” and into “willing” in “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”. English “counsel” in Hebrews 6:17 above was translated from Greek noun 1012 boule which was translated into “this counsel” in “And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought” and conversely into “the counsel” in “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will”. Human counsel precludes us from the counsel of God. Grammatical objects of human counselors do not know God’s will and certainly do not do God’s will which is a prerequisite to receive God’s counsel.
English “covenant” above was translated from Greek feminine noun 1242 diatheke which was 13 times translated into English “testament” and 20 times into “covenant” and is the disposition of a contract between God and God’s exclusive grammatical objects. The Old Testament was a flesh contract. The New Testament is a spiritual contract. “Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second”. English “taketh away” was translated from Greek verb 337 anaireo which was 10 times translated into “kill” 8 times into “slay” and twice into “put to death”. God’s “election” are dead to the flesh Old Testament and visa versa which explains the bible verses that follow: “Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him” “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God” “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness” “Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances” “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God”.
Hebrews 12:25 “See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven”
English “refuse” and “refused” above were translated from Greek verb 3868 paraiteomai which was translated into “intreated” in Hebrews 12:19 “And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more”.
Folks who sit in a church pew as grammatical objects of flesh grammatical subjects can not be expected to understand God’s process pursuant to God’s will: “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him” “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour” “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”.
Hebrews 12:26 “Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven”.
“Whose voice then shook the earth” from mount Sinai. From “mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem” God shall “shake not the earth only, but also heaven”.
Hebrews 12:27 “And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain”.
“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath” “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us” “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec”. English “set before us” was translated from Greek verb 4295 prokeimaiwhich was translated into “set before us” in Hebrews 12:1 and into “was set before” in Hebrews 12:2. The finite number of God’s “election” “the heirs of promise” God said “I have reserved to myself” have a “forerunner” as an example who two thousand years ago overcame “so great a cloud of witnesses” that we must overcome today “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” as a “priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec”.
Hebrews 12:28 “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear”:
English “kingdom” was correctly translated from Greek feminine noun 932 basileia. I bring this to your attention because Greek feminine noun 932 basileia is the noun form of Greek verb 936 basileuo which was translated into English “reigned” in Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years” and into “reign” in Revelation 20:6 “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” and into “they shall reign” in Revelation 22:5 “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever”.
Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire”.
John the Baptist helped us understand God’s “consuming fire” when he said “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire”.
God’s Holy Spirit does not burn up people but rather flesh works not qualified to be part of God’s foundation of “the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem” as confirmed in 1Corinthians 3:11-15 “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” “Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble” “Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” “If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward” “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire”.
1 Peter 2:4-10 “To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious” “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” “Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded” “Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner” “And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed” “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” “Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy”. English “lay” and “appointed” above were translated from Greek verb 5087 tithemi meaning to place. When God is the grammatical subject performing the action of Greek verb 5087 tithemi God places us where God wants us predicated upon God’s will exemplified above where some human beings are placed as the foundation of God’s kingdom while others are placed to “stumble at the word”. English “chosen” above were both translated from Greek adjective 1588 eklektos which was translated into English “elect” and “chosen” and is the adjective form of Greek noun 1589 ekloge being God’s “election”. English “generation” above was translated from Greek noun 1085 genos better translated into English “the offspring” in “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device”. God’s “election” are “the offspring of God” “the sons of God” and the “many brethren” of “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren”. English “he did foreknow” was mistranslated from Greek verb 4267 proginosko which means that God caused his “election” to know God’s truth before the rest as confirmed in “the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded” whereby “the election” will cause “the rest” “to come unto the knowledge of the truth” during the “thousand years” “Lord’s day” “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour” “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”.
Ephesians 2:19-22 “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God” “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone” “In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord” “In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit”.
2Timothy 2:19 “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity”.
Hebrews 4:9-12 “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God” “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his” “Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”.
English “intents” was translated from Greek feminine noun 1771 ennoia from a compound of Greek 1722 en synonymous with English in and noia being God’s thoughts.
English “thoughts” above was translated from Greek feminine noun 1761 enthumesis which was translated into “device” in “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device” with “graven” being translated from Greek noun 5480 charagma which was translated into English “mark” in Revelation 13:16, 13:17, 14:9, 14:11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20 and 20:4. If you understand none of God’s other biblical spiritual truth understand Greek 5480 charagma and understand that the “beast” in Revelation 13:16, 13:17, 14:9, 14:11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20 and 20:4 is any grammatical subject other than God which is every flesh human grammatical subject other than Jesus Christ. Greek feminine noun 1761 enthumesis is from a compound of Greek 1722 en synonymous with English in and thumos from thuo meaning to immolate, better known as sacrificing others who believe differently than one’s self to hell.
English false narrative “hell” has been translated from Hebrew noun 7585 she’owl meaning grave, from Greek noun 1067 geenna being the valley of Hinnom containing Jerusalem‘s garbage pit where Jesus instructed us to cast any flesh member [Mt 5:29 James 3:6] that offends God’s Spirit and from Greek 86 hades from a compound of Greek 1 a negative particle synonymous with English un or not and Greek verb 1492 eido meaning to see through the eyes and know through the thoughts of one‘s grammatical subject. Greek 86 hades means unable to see through God’s eyes and know through God’s thoughts when a grammatical object has any grammatical subject other than God.
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