Mountains

I have mountains on my mind this week. (Next week it will likely be the ocean). I was just in the Smokies, got some pictures from a friend in the Rockies, then some pictures from friends in the Alps; the Alps won--now those are mountains!

It is interesting how many major events occur on mountains in the Bible. I can't possibly name them all, but should at least mention Mt Sinai where Moses received the 10 commandments; and there was the mount of transfiguration in the New Testament. Mount Zion is a central matter in the OT and NT, being the physical location of Jerusalem and figuratively representing heaven.

I like the passage in Hebrews 12 beginning with verse 18 (through 21), "For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire....", referring to Mt Sinai. "But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. See that you do not refuse Him who speaks....."

It is not a physical Mt Sinai that we seek; not a physical Zion, or a physical Kingdom. It is a spiritual king that we follow, one who reigns from heaven. Let's be sure that we "do not refuse Him..." Thanks for reading! See you next week.