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    Mount Zion : How to Get There and What to Do
    Mount Zion : How to Get There and What to Do
    Mount Zion : How to Get There and What to Do
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    Mount Zion : How to Get There and What to Do

    By James Tarter

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    This Mt. Zion is the one in Hebrews 12:22-24, which is also called the Holy of Holies in heaven and the Lord's holy throne room. This book shows how the whole book of Hebrews is really a brief exhortation for believers in Jesus Christ to draw near to God in the Holy of Holies in heaven through our great High Priest, Jesus. We get to see from the Bible that God imparts true life to His people there as we come intimately before Him. We can also see how God allows and equips His people to participate in His government of all the earth. We also see clearly how God's people -- Christians -- have missed taking full advantage of His great provision for us to draw near to Him through Jesus. Therefore we have seen a resulting loss of good fruit in our lives and throughout the earth. But by understanding what God provides for us in Jesus and in Mt. Zion -- the Lord's holy throne room -- we can see what can be done and can provide much more true life on earth by faith and God's power.
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    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateApr 8, 2011
    ISBN9781257475810
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      Mount Zion - James Tarter

      Mount Zion : How to Get There and What to Do

      Mount Zion

      How to Get There And What to Do

      Dr. James M. Tarter

      Copyright Page

      14th Edition, 2018

      ISBN: 978-1-257-47581-0

      Copyright c 2007, 2018 by James M. Tarter.  All rights reserved.  Printed in the United States of America.  Permission granted to make copies for purposes consistent with furthering the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God.

      Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (1995 Updated Edition): c 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation.  Used by permission.  (www.Lockman.org)

      I call the New American Standard Bible the NAS or NASB.  I add boldface or underline to specific words and phrases in Scriptures to add my emphasis for discussion.

      Introduction: About This Book and Hebrews

      Like the book of Hebrews, this book is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus who want to press on to maturity.  We can see how all of Hebrews is built around the exhortation for believers to draw near to God in the Holy of Holies in heaven.  This spiritual place is also called Mt. Zion, which is the Lord’s holy throne room.

      We shall see what Hebrews shows about its rarely taught theme, so that we shall appreciate some basic preparations for entering into the Holy of Holies and some life-giving works that should happen there.  All of this can help us take advantage of God’s great provision for us in Jesus to enter into His holy presence. This real intimacy (as in Heb. 4:12) can open up whole new dimensions in our walk with Jesus.

      The book of Hebrews in the Bible contains abundant revelations and insights into many major features of our faith – who Jesus is, His relationship to believers in Him, fulfilling our Sabbath rest, Jesus as our High Priest, amazing God-confirmed revelations about Old Testament details, God’s better provisions in Jesus, the meaning and works of faith, and much more.  When we realize the awesome insights that God provides to support the little-known exhortation to draw near to Him in Mt. Zion, then we shall realize that we should be doing it.

      In order to explain insights and encourage the readers, the author of Hebrews often digressed to establish important points to support the unifying exhortation of Hebrews.  This makes the outline and flow chart of the book to look complex at first glance, but readers who realize the author’s theme can easily see how everything in Hebrews relates to it without stretching the text to try to fit this unifying theme.  The truths opened up in this study can transform your life and others.

      Chapter 1: Drawing Near to God in Heaven’s Holy of Holies

      The book of Hebrews contains so many remarkable revelations and insights that it is rarely considered to be a brief exhortation.  But that is the nature of the book: "But I urge you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly" (Heb. 13:22).

      Once we realize that all of Hebrews is a brief exhortation, then we can realize what this exhortation is: for believers in Jesus to draw near to God in the Holy of Holies in heaven by our great High Priest Jesus.  This exhortation is provided in Heb. 4:14-16 and in Heb. 10:19-25:

      Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.  (Heb. 4:16)

      Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:22)

      I define two terms for discussing the meaning of this exhortation.  The book of Hebrews is written to specific First Century believers in Jesus, which I often call the Hebrews.  But so many revelations and insights in Hebrews are timeless and apply to believers in Jesus today, which I shall call us.  We are to draw near to God.

      Believers normally know that God calls us to draw near to Him.  We have done it by His grace in Jesus, but drawing near to Him in the Holy of Holies in heaven is special.  We shall see this as we proceed.

      Many believers do not know anything about the Holy of Holies on earth or in heaven.  For an introduction, the Holy of Holies on earth was the inner tabernacle of the Tabernacle of Moses in Ex. 25-40.  A diagram is in Chapter 5, but I recommend that the reader wait until then to examine it in detail.  Heb. 8-9 show that this Holy of Holies is a copy and shadow of the Holy of Holies in heaven.  For now, realize that this is spiritual Mt. Zion, the Lord’s holy throne room in heaven, and He invites His people to come to and participate in this spiritual place.  We shall see more about the ultimate Holy of Holies as we proceed.

      Hebrews repeatedly warns us to obey His voice.  Drawing near to God in the Holy of Holies is coming intimately before His face, where we can hear His voice and realize His great majesty and His great love for each of us.  This will completely change our lives.

      I rarely hear or sense anything – I am spiritually insensitive in that way – yet I have found His love and grace. Other believers often sense more.  But this is not about sensations: it is meeting with God by faith.  Indeed, I expect that most believers have already had a taste of drawing near to God in the Holy of Holies, because He has designed communion to provide this blessing (we shall see this later).  But because many believers do not know this truth about communion, they do not exercise faith to receive God’s full provision in Jesus there.

      Drawing near to God in the Holy of Holies can impart life-giving power to us and others like nothing else.  But we find much opposition to drawing near, so that Hebrews provides great encouragements for us.  For example, we are shown God’s better provisions in our great High Priest Jesus for us to come before Him in His pure holiness.  But Hebrews also repeatedly warns us to come with cleansed and purified hearts instead of trying to establish our own wills in heaven.

      Let us see what Hebrews shows about its mighty exhortation to us.

      Chapter 2: Seeing How All of Hebrews Relates to Its Theme

      Let us survey the book of Hebrews to see how every part supports its key exhortation: for believers to draw near to God by entering the Holy of Holies in heaven through the perfect provision in our wonderful and unique High Priest, Jesus. The climax of this exhortation is in Heb. 10:19-25, and all of Hebrews up to this climax is setting it up.

      In Chapter 2 I shall state how each part of Hebrews relates to this exhortation without quoting the part.  Therefore I recommend that you open your Bible to Hebrews for this survey.  We shall examine the contents of Hebrews more fully after this chapter.

      Keep in mind this exhortation or theme of Hebrews in our survey.

      Heb. 1:1–3:6 describes who Jesus is with a view of His unique ability to help His people to draw near to God.  Jesus is the Son of God and the great High Priest of God.  He became a man like us in all things except sin in order to identify with us compassionately and save us effectively. All of this can greatly encourage us to draw near to God.

      Heb. 2:1-4, 3:7–4:13, 6:4-8, 10:26-31, and 12:25-29 are five stern warnings, each of which is located at an appropriate place from the perspective of the key theme of Hebrews.  All of these warnings help us appreciate the greater responsibility that comes with greater grace and blessings: we get better equipped to mature and know God by coming before Him in His pure holiness through Jesus, so that our just God justly requires us to be more faithful with His better provisions.

      Heb. 4:1-10 leads up to an exhortation to be diligent to enter into God’s rest.  This specifically includes resting from one’s own works.  This rest is essential for doing the exhortation at the end of Heb. 4: to draw near to God’s throne of grace through our great High Priest Jesus.  This exhortation to draw near to God is the first version of the exhortation in Heb. 10: to enter the Holy of Holies in heaven.

      Between these two exhortations, Heb. 5:1–10:21 provides many insights to help the Hebrews to appreciate God’s great provision in Jesus for entering into the direct presence of God in His pure holiness.  God also preserved the insights to help believers today to come before Him in this way, so that we also can be encouraged to do it.

      One set of insights comes from Jesus being a High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek, which is a better priesthood than that of Aaron.  Therefore God gives us a covenant, promises, and ministry by our Lord Jesus that are better than the old ones in the Law.

      Another basic insight is that many things in the Law serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things.  This insight is applied to the Tabernacle with an emphasis on what is within the Holy of Holies, and also to the functions of blood sacrifices and a death for a covenant.  We are shown that Jesus fulfilled these functions once and for all in order to launch our New Covenant and to provide for our entrance into the Holy of Holies in heaven by faith.

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