Come Up On The Mountain

The bottom line is that under the Law the vision of God that the world had; and the only one they could have; was a vision of God’s terrible power and awesome ability to destroy those who rebelled against him. Their vision of God caused them to tremble in fear and cower in shame. God just seemed so far away that they could never touch him; and that was the truth because sin remained as the separating barrier between God and man. The Law could not remove that barrier.

But that was the vision of the Old Testament, and like Proverbs said, “Without a vision the people perished.” The sense that I get of what this verse is truly saying is that “Without a proper vision; or a right vision of who and what God is, it is easy for people to just give up, feeling its impossible to serve such a God, and thus they perish through doubt and unbelief.”

But we do not live under that Law any longer. Now we live under a new covenant of Grace, the way having been made to approach God, in a fashion far greater than even Moses could have imagined, through the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross that has paid for the sin of man.

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,

Though faith in Christ we can get a vision of God that no one could have dreamed of in the Old Testament. Through faith the way is open to the very presence of God, right into the very Throne Room of God, which is far greater than going into the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle of Moses. We don’t approach God through the Mercy Seat upon the Ark of the Covenant with the blood of a lamb; but we approach the God of Mercy through the blood of Jesus.

We are invited in the realm of the spirit to go up to Mt. Sion, not Mt. Sinai, but unto the mountain where Heaven exists as the very City of the Living God, right into that spiritual Jerusalem, and into the very presence of the Host of God’s holy angels.

Where once there was lightning, thunder, fire and trumpets; now there is praise, worship and glorifying God because one of God’s children has come home. Where once there was a warning to not touch God’s mountain for fear of death; now there is an open invitation to come right up on the mountain and commune with God one on one. What a glorious difference!

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,

Another part of the vision that God wants us to have is the fact that we no longer must approach God as sinful men, begging for mercy. He has already extended his mercy and now we can approach God as his own dear children; having been made perfect in his sight by the blood of Jesus Christ; and now, even though God is the Judge of all; He has judged us as holy and righteous in his sight. Our spirit is that of a just man, made perfect, entering into the presence of God and being accepted as joint heirs; equal in holiness and righteousness to that of Jesus Christ our Savior.