Peter Wang

Peter Wang asked Randy Alcorn:

Dear Randy, thanks for directing me to the fact that New Jerusalem will be a physical city, not a symbolic one, and that we will receive physical, glorified bodies. I very much accept this and cannot wait. There is one verse regarding Mount Zion in Hebrews that confuses me: "you have not come to a mountain that can be touched" (12:18). Here it seems this city is intangible?

Randy Alcorn Hi Peter,
My name is Shauna and I help answer questions for Randy. Here are a few articles that may be helpful!

Piper says this is a contrast between Christian reality on this side of the cross of Christ with OT reality at Mount Sinai and explains all that in this sermon: http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/y... See specifically “Motivation #1: The Love of a Great Savior” about halfway through.

Here is another short article if you think it might help… http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotio...

Thanks!
Shauna

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