The Mount Sinai of the New Testament

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The Mount Sinai of the New Testament
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The Beatitudes (Part 1)

• Blessed are the poor in spirit
• Blessed are they that mourn

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Mount Sinai?
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Mount of Blessing ?
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Since the time of the Crusades the Kurn Hattin,
Horns of Hattin, 5 mi. (8 km.) west of ancient
Tiberias, have been pointed out as marking the
site, but this tradition cannot be traced earlier
than the Crusades, and is therefore not reliable.
(SDA Bible Commentary on Matthew 51)
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• The first advent of our Lord was for the purpose
  of establishing a kingdom among men and over men,
  by laying the foundations of that kingdom within
  individual souls.

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• The first advent of our Lord was for the purpose
  of establishing a kingdom among men and over men,
  by laying the foundations of that kingdom within
  individual souls.
• His second coming will be for the purpose of
  setting up that kingdom in glory.

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Like puzzles, we need all the pieces
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Those who know that they cannot possibly save
themselves, or of themselves do any righteous
action, are the ones who appreciate the help that
Christ can bestow. They are the poor in spirit,
whom He declares to be blessed. (Thoughts from
the Mount of Blessing, p. 7)
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What is justification by faith? It is the work
of God in laying the glory of man in the dust,
and doing for man that which it is not in his
power to do for himself. When men see their own
nothingness, they are prepared to be clothed with
the righteousness of Christ. When they begin to
praise and exalt God all the day long, then by
beholding they are becoming changed into the same
image. What is regeneration? It is revealing to
man what is his own real nature, that in himself
he is worthless. (Special Testimonies, Series A,
no. 9, p. 62)
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Whatever may have been your past experience,
however discouraging your present circumstances,
if you will come to Jesus just as you are, weak,
helpless, and despairing, our compassionate
Saviour will meet you a great way off, and will
throw about you His arms of love and His robe of
righteousness.
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He presents us to the Father clothed in the white
raiment of His own character. He pleads before
God in our behalf, saying I have taken the
sinners place.
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Look not upon this wayward child, but look on Me.
Does Satan plead loudly against our souls,
accusing of sin, and claiming us as his prey, the
blood of Christ pleads with greater power.
(Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 9)
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Pindar the Greek Poet

• Makarios (makvarioV)First found in Pindar in
  classical poetry It denotes the transcendent
  happiness of a life beyond care, labour and
  death. (TWNT)

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In the New Testament The special feature in the
New Testament is use of the term for the
distinctive joy which comes through participation
in the divine kingdom. (TWNT abridgedLittle
Kittle)
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Pharaohsaid

• Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to
  let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will
  I let Israel go. (Exodus 52

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PharaohToday
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• I have nothing
• I am nothing, and
• I can do nothing, and
• I have need of all things.

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Mourning for sin
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The mourning here brought to view is true heart
sorrow for sin. (Thoughts from the Mount of
Blessing, p. 9)
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• Poverty of spirit and mourning

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• Poverty of spirit and mourning
• Meekness with hungering and thirsting after
  righteousness

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• Poverty of spirit and mourning
• Meekness with hungering and thirsting after
  righteousness
• Mercifulness towards men with purity of heart
  towards God

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• Poverty of spirit and mourning
• Meekness with hungering and thirsting after
  righteousness
• Mercifulness towards men with purity of heart
  towards
• Peacemakers with those being persecuted for
  righteousness

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The prayer of the Pharisee, God, I thank Thee,
that I am not as the rest of men (Luke 1811,
R.V.), expressed the feeling of his class and, to
a great degree, of the whole nation.(Thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing, p. 6)
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Many will stand in our pulpits with the torch of
false prophecy in their hands, kindled from the
hellish torch of Satan. If doubts and unbelief
are cherished, the faithful ministers will be
removed from the people who think they know so
much. (Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel
Workers, pp. 409, 410)
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The Saviours words have a message of comfort to
those also who are suffering affliction or
bereavement. Our sorrows do not spring out of the
ground. God doth not afflict willingly nor
grieve the children of men. Lamentations 333.
When He permits trials and afflictions, it is
for our profit, that we might be partakers of
His holiness. Hebrews 1210. If received in
faith, the trial that seems so bitter and hard to
bear will prove a blessing. The cruel blow that
blights the joys of earth will be the means of
turning our eyes to heaven. How many there are
who would never have known Jesus had not sorrow
led them to seek comfort in Him! (Thoughts from
the Mount of Blessing, p. 10)
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Christ was a man of sorrows (Isaiah 533)
enduring heart anguish such as no language can
portray (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing,
p. 12)