Hebrews Chapter 12

I feel that the most significant aspect of this chapter is found in the concluding verses where the author talks about the Mountain of Fear versus the Mountain of Joy. On Mount Sinai, Moses met with God and forged the Old Covenant in the form of the Ten Commandments. It can be said then that Mount Sinai was where the Jewish Church of Old was founded. This linkage demonstrates the difference in the focus of the Jewish Church, and with it the Old Covenant, in comparison to the New Church established in Christ and the foundation of the New Covenant. This Old Covenant was heavily founded on acts. We see this in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, books filled with what to do and what not to do. These acts were their testaments to their faith, their sign to God of their faithfulness. Yet it still remains clear that under the Old Covenant, no man was perfect. Every man, woman, and child sinned in the eyes of the Law of the Old Testament. Even the holiest of these old Jews would despair to face the judgement of God without the blood of Christ. Through the blood of Christ, shed to found the New Church, it is possible to cast aside this despair. This blood speaks on behalf of sinners, and speaks loudly to drown out our flawed nature. When worshiping God, we should always be cognizant that we are incapable of placating His wrath by ourselves for we are condemned by our sins. Yet the blood of Christ, sent by God for us, covers those sins and for that we should sing til we can sing no more.