Upon the Mountain

UPON THE MOUNTAIN

There are valleys deep and shallow. There are mountains tall and low. There are boulders, thorns and thistle and there are green pastured dabbled with daffodils. Created by God in the beginning Cultivated by human kind. From the mountain top you can see forever. From the valley low one sees only themselves and that which lies in arms reach. All has been inhabited. All has been defiled. Satan authorized beauty and luring temptations are temporal. The Creator is forever and He will purge all things to His design. There is something about mountains that God glories within.

Matthew 4:8 “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;” Jesus was tempted in all ways as we are tried with temptation. Here we find the devil offering Jesus what He already owns in exchange for rule of the universe; all creation. Psalms 87:1 “(A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.) His foundation is in the holy mountains.” God had destroyed earthly inhabitants in past times. He certainly was and is capable of doing so once again. Luke 45: 4 “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Psalms 90:2 “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. He owns everything; made everything. He can and will destroy that which He has made by fire. Water was the partial destruction but no more will He use water but fire.

Genesis 7:20 “Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Genesis 8:4 “And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:5 “And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.”

The ark of rescue for God’s chosen at that time came to rest upon a mountain and there Noah built an altar and there God made His covenant with all inhabitants of the earth, How often do you see a rainbow that touches not a mountain if there is a mountain to be touch? Just as there are peaks in our life that we refer to as being upon the mountain, so does God operates most visibly upon mountains. When He would make a second and new covenant with human kind, it occurred on the mountain.

Genesis 22:2 “And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.” A test of faith!

God gave Noah the rainbow promise and covenant on Mount Ararat. Moses saw his calling at the burning bush on the mountain and received God’s law covenant atop Mt. Sinai. Exodus 19:20 “And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. Abraham’s promise and covenant of circumcision was finalized upon Mount Moriah. (Exodus 19:18) Finally Jesus closed out covenant making with His sacrificial death on the cross on Mount Calvery. There will be no more change in covenants by the Lord. The cannon is closed and the blood covenant unto Grace is God’s last effort to convert lost souls and keep them. Luke 23:33 “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. It was thus finished and now we wait and watch.

Luke 21: 34 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day (Fire destruction, BLL) come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. 38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him. Know God, know peace. Amen 02-16-2020 BLL