but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
Ye have already come near, not merely shall come. The antitypical Sion is the heavenly Jerusalem, of which the invisible Church is now the earnest. Believers, being sons of God like the angels, are equals reconciled through Christ and adopted into God's family. The full festal assembly gathers ten thousands of angels and the Church of the first-born together as one company.
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Believers come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, not Mount Sinai with its terror. A city means safety, honor, peace, rest. The souls of sinners find no rest under the law; only through the gospel do we have rest in Christ, peace with God, safety in divine protection. God dwells in the Church as a king dwells in his city.
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The apostle contrasts Mount Sinai with Mount Zion to keep the Jews from clinging to the earthly, shadowy state under the Law. By the heavenly Jerusalem he means the Church built throughout the whole world, as Zechariah saw the angel's line extended east to west. That God should enroll us among angels and the holy fathers is an incalculable honor conferred by our heavenly Father.
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