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Christians have come “to the mountain that may not be touched<\/em>” (Hebrews 12:18-25). It is a spiritual mountain. It is “in Christ<\/em>” in “the heavenly places<\/em>” (Ephesians 1:3). Our mountain is “exalted above the hills<\/em>” (Isaiah 2:1-4). Our mountain is\u00a0Mount Zion,<\/em> and it is “the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem<\/em>\u00a0(Hebrews 12:22).<\/p>\nWe come to it when we are “translated out of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son<\/em>” (Colossians 1:13). On this spiritual mountain, we see things clearly. We see the temporal things of earth, and we see the eternal things of heaven.\u00a0Here, we gain a better perspective on this world, recognizing its lowly and temporal nature, and a clearer view of heaven and the eternal. Come up here and truly see!<\/p>\n In this mountain, we have safety, forgiveness of sins, and renewal of faith in Jesus. On this mountain, we do not refuse Him who speaks (Hebrews 12:25). We listen with all our heart and relish every word He speaks. He has the words of eternal life, and we value each word and allow it to mold and shape us.<\/p>\n On Pentecost, many Jews came to the mountain that could <\/b>be touched, but 3,000 came to the mountain that could not be touched. Many Jews came to the earthly Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost. 3,000 entered heavenly Jerusalem that day. They could truly see what the others failed to see.<\/p>\n Have you come to the mountain yet? Come on up! The view is awesome!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Terry Wane Benton Christians have come “to the mountain that may not be touched” (Hebrews 12:18-25). It is a spiritual mountain. It is “in Christ” in “the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3). Our mountain is “exalted above the hills” (Isaiah 2:1-4). Our mountain is\u00a0Mount Zion, and it is “the city of the living God, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[448,345],"class_list":["post-86768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-church","tag-kingdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66267,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/spiritual-versus-earthly\/","url_meta":{"origin":86768,"position":0},"title":"Spiritual versus Earthly","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Have you noticed that everything in Christ is spiritual or heavenly as opposed to earthly? The old system had an earthly place for Israel (land of Canaan), now we have \"the heavenly places in Christ\" (Ephesians 1:3; 2:6). Moses was at an earthly mountain (Sinai) receiving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88790,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/worship-in-spirit-and-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":86768,"position":1},"title":"Worship in Spirit and Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton While it is true that worship must be in spirit (sincere and involving our hearts) and in truth (truly yielding to what God's word says, not following the commandments of men), the text in John 4:20-24 seems to point to something more. 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I wish to be accurate when I sing a song,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48124,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-does-the-hebrew-writer-contrast-mount-sinai-with-mount-zion\/","url_meta":{"origin":86768,"position":3},"title":"Why does the Hebrew writer contrast Mount Sinai with Mount Zion?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeffrey, I hope you are doing well. I have a question regarding Hebrews 12:18-29. Why does the writer use the example of the events in Mount Sinai (verses 18-21) and contrasts them with Mount Zion and the heavenly Jerusalem and everything else in verses 22-24? 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