You’ve heard of a Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. The two cities, Paris and London, represented far different situations. One was monarchy and the other anarchy. In one you had stability and in the other revolution. In London was law and order and in Paris was murder and mayhem. One was basically Christian and the other was infidel. Today we are going to explore a tale of two mountains. One is associated with Moses and the other with Jesus; one was earthly and the other was heavenly; one was identified with the old covenant and the other with the new covenant.
If you try to pry an old bone out of a dog’s mouth, he’ll probably bite you. If you lay a steak down in front of him, he’ll forget all about the old bone and drop it. So too a proper vision of the heavenly Mount Zion will give perspective to those tempted to return to Mount Sinai. There really is no comparison. Once Mount Zion is properly understood, Mount Sinai will hold no attraction.
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Stephen Atkerson helps church leaders discover simple growth strategies that Jesus gave the early church. For over 30 years, he has worked with evangelists, missionaries, church planters, and pastors in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. He is one of the pastors of a Baptist...
