This takes its point of departure from the picture of the feast of
God upon the mountains in Isa.
Not exact matches
(144,000 the new Jerusalem) * Revelation 3:12 and I will write
upon him the name of my
God, and the name of the city of my
God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my
God: (Revelation 21:12) And it shall come to pass in the last days * Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Have you gazed
upon the wonders of this world we live in, the beauty of the sunrise, the sunset, the stars, the oceans, the
mountains, all working together and expressing the wonder and glory of the
God who created them?
How beautiful
upon the
mountains are That bringeth good tidings, That publisheth peace, That bringeth good tidings of good, That publisheth salvation; That saith unto Zion, «Thy
God reigneth!»
Prayer of the Day: «O
God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory
upon the holy
mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever.
The Yahwist version pictures
God as descending
upon the
mountain, causing it to smoke and shake like a volcano.
By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness O
God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of them that are afar off
upon the sea: Who by his strength setteth fast the
mountains, being girded about with might; Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves and the tumult of the peoples.
According to the available evidence, Moses first came
upon Yahweh at «the
mountain of
God,» (Exodus 3:1 ff.)
The sign in this case (vs. 12) is a promise that the happy outcome is already assured: that Moses, together with delivered Israel, will serve and worship
God upon this same
mountain.
He later returns to the
mountain and
God orders him to «Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write
upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.»
And did those feet in ancient time Walk
upon England's
mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of
God, On England's pleasant pastures seen!
This unnamed young man has just turned age 16 and is set to embark
upon an age - old tradition — climbing a great
mountain called
God's Rock and interacting with the Earth spirits that reside there.