Montains II

I just got back from a women's retreat in Casper, where the featured speaker talked about audacious faith and quoted the verse in Matthew that says if we have the faith of a mustard seed, our faith can move mountains.If you read my earlier blog on mountains, you know they can be made by plate convergence, which causes folded mountains like the Himalayas or subduction, which causes most volcanic mountains or fault mountains which are caused when plates slip along side each other, So all of these mountains only move when the pressure is great enough. Volcanic mountains can literally lose their tops. Fault mountains can be felt miles away when they move, but mountains are more than obstacles.

Mountains in the Bible symbolize sacred meeting places where heaven and earth intersect.

Mount Sinai[Horeb): God appeared to Moses and gave him the Ten Commandments, establishing a covenant with the Israelites.
Mount AraratThe place where Noah's Ark came to rest after the: Located in Jerusalem, it was the location of the Temple and symbolizes God's dwelling place and his people.
Mount Carmel: The site where the Prophet Elijah challenged the priests of Baal, demonstrating God's power.
Mount of Transfiguration:Jesus revealed his divine glory to Peter, James, and John.Mount of Olives: A place where Jesus prayed before his betrayal and was the location for significant teachings, like the Sermon on the Mount
Gethsemane: A garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed before his arrest.
In the Bible, mountains have several meanings. They are a
Meeting Point of Heaven and Earth

Mountains are seen as sacred spaces where the divine intersects with the earthly realm.
Divine Revelation and Instruction
Prophets and Jesus received divine instruction and experienced divine presence on mountaintops.
Obstacles and Strength: Mountains can also symbolize obstacles that God can overcome, representing His power and strength.
Refuge and Solitude: Jesus often sought mountains for solitude and to connect with God, making them places of rest and spiritual communion.

Let's go back to that first one. The garden was on the top of a mountain because that is where Adam and Eve were sent down from. Several times in the Bible, God came down from the mountaintop to dwell among His people and some people like Abraham; Moses ascended the mountain. 

Ultimately, where God invited all of us back into His presence was on a hill called Golgotha and a Mount of Transfiguration, Put in that context, the mountains in front of me don't seem like such huge obstacles. but more like opportunities to meet God on the mountain tops.

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