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These elevated locations often represent closeness to God, spiritual insight, and moments of transformation.<br><br><b>Divine Encounters and Revelation</b><br><br>Mountain-tops are frequently depicted as sites where God reveals Himself to His people. One of the most notable examples is Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. In <a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20</a>, it is written, "The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up." This event underscores the mountain as a place of divine law-giving and covenant establishment.<br><br>Similarly, the prophet Elijah experienced God's presence on Mount Horeb. In <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a>, Elijah encounters a gentle whisper after a series of dramatic natural events, illustrating the mountain as a place of intimate communication with God.<br><br><b>Worship and Sacrifice</b><br><br>Mountains are also significant as places of worship and sacrifice. Abraham's journey to offer Isaac on Mount Moriah (<a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a>) is a profound act of faith and obedience. This event foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ and highlights the mountain as a place of testing and divine provision.<br><br>The Temple Mount in Jerusalem, traditionally identified with Mount Moriah, becomes the central place of worship for the Israelites. Solomon's construction of the temple on this site (<a href="/2_chronicles/3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1</a>) establishes it as a focal point for worship and the presence of God among His people.<br><br><b>Transfiguration and New Testament Significance</b><br><br>In the New Testament, mountain-tops continue to serve as significant locations for divine revelation. The Transfiguration of Jesus occurs on a high mountain, traditionally identified as Mount Tabor. In <a href="/matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17:1-2</a>, it is recorded, "After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them." This event reveals Christ's divine glory and affirms His identity as the Son of God.<br><br>The Sermon on the Mount, delivered by Jesus in <a href="/bsb/matthew/5.htm">Matthew 5-7</a>, is another pivotal moment that takes place on a mountain. Here, Jesus provides foundational teachings for His followers, emphasizing the mountain as a place of authoritative teaching and spiritual insight.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Eschatological Hope</b><br><br>Mountains often symbolize stability, permanence, and the eternal nature of God's kingdom. In <a href="/psalms/125-2.htm">Psalm 125:2</a>, it is written, "As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people both now and forevermore." This imagery conveys God's protection and enduring presence with His people.<br><br>In prophetic literature, mountains are associated with eschatological hope and the coming of God's kingdom. <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a> proclaims, "In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it." This vision anticipates a time when God's rule will be universally recognized and His peace will prevail.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Throughout the biblical narrative, mountain-tops serve as crucial settings for divine encounters, worship, and revelation. They symbolize spiritual elevation, closeness to God, and the hope of His eternal kingdom. As such, they remain powerful symbols of faith, transformation, and divine presence in the lives of believers.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_viii.htm"><span class="l">Chapter viii</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 6. And the waters remained, decreasing continually, until the tenth month, and in<br> the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the <b>mountain tops</b> came into <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter viii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jennings/old_groans_and_new_songs/preface.htm"><span class="l">Preface.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As surely as the valleys lie hid in shadow long after the <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b> are shining<br> in the morning sun, so surely must we expect evidences of so elevated a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/jennings/old groans and new songs/preface.htm</font><p><a href="/library/suso/a_little_book_of_eternal_wisdom/a_foreword.htm"><span class="l">A Foreword</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Not only have they stood on the <b>mountain tops</b> of the spiritual life, but they have<br> pointed out, with a clearness surpassed by no other writers, the path of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/a foreword.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingston/the_seven_champions_of_christendom/chapter_four_the_further_adventures.htm"><span class="l">The Further Adventures of Saint George.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No sooner had the blushing morn displayed her beauties in the east, and gilded with<br> her radiant beams the <b>mountain tops</b>, than Sabra repaired to the Champion's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter four the further adventures.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/secret_power/the_quiet_hour_series.htm"><span class="l">The Quiet Hour Series</span></a> <br><b>...</b> By HENRY OSTROM. The Life Beyond. By MRS. ALFRED GATTY. <b>Mountain Tops</b> with Jesus.<br> THEODORE L. CUYLER. The Hidden Years of Nazareth. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/moody/secret power/the quiet hour series.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bertrand/saint_augustin/i_an_african_free-town_subject.htm"><span class="l">I an African Free-Town Subject to Rome</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But towards the south the verdure grows sparse; arid <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b> appear, crushed<br> down as blunted cones, or jutted in slim Tables of the Law; the sterility of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bertrand/saint augustin/i an african free-town subject.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/unspoken_sermons/the_temptation_in_the_wilderness.htm"><span class="l">The Temptation in the Wilderness.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Would what he said to God on the <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>, in the dim twilight or the gray<br> dawn, never be such that his disciples could have understood it no more than <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/unspoken sermons/the temptation in the wilderness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/naylor/heart_talks/talk_thirty-five_the_practical_side.htm"><span class="l">The Practical Side of Religion</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There the soul reaches heights and depths such as it reaches at no other time.<br> Preachers love to preach and poets love to sing of the <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b> of life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../naylor/heart talks/talk thirty-five the practical side.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_13_8-16_the_impending_judgment.htm"><span class="l">The Impending Judgment</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The intervening centuries lay out like a plain country between two <b>mountain tops</b>,<br> and did not break the vista, as the eye passed from the judgment of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 13 8-16 the impending judgment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brownlie/hymns_of_the_apostolic_church/infinite_god.htm"><span class="l">Infinite God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We ne'er can to the light attain. II. Beyond the <b>mountain tops</b> that rise,. Still<br> higher altitudes appear; Climb as we may, we come not near. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/infinite god.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/mountaintops.htm"><span class="l"><b>Mountaintops</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Mountaintops</b> (4 Occurrences). Isaiah 42:11 Let<br> the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mountaintops.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mountain-tops.htm"><span class="l"><b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>. <b>Mountaintops</b>, <b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>. Mountain-watch . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>...</b> (BBE). <b>Mountaintops</b>, <b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>. Mountain-watch . Reference Bible <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mountain-tops.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/barren.htm"><span class="l">Barren (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Isaiah 41:18 I will make rivers on the dry <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>, and fountains in the valleys:<br> I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/barren.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nest.htm"><span class="l">Nest (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> thy nest is set in the rock." Here Balaam was thinking of the nest of an eagle,<br> hawk or vulture, placed on solid rock among impregnable crags of <b>mountain</b><b>tops</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nest.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/ga'al.htm"><span class="l">Ga'al (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 9:36 And when Ga'al saw the men, he said to Zebul, "Look, men are coming<br> down from the <b>mountain</b><b>tops</b>!" And Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/ga'al.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mountain-watch.htm"><span class="l">Mountain-watch (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Mountain-watch. <b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>, Mountain-watch. Mounted . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br> (DBY). <b>Mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>, Mountain-watch. Mounted . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mountain-watch.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mountain-top.htm"><span class="l">Mountain-top (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Mountain-top. Mountaintop, Mountain-top. <b>Mountaintops</b> . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br> (DBY). Mountaintop, Mountain-top. <b>Mountaintops</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mountain-top.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/aryan.htm"><span class="l">Aryan</span></a><br><b>...</b> The place of punishment was Dzhokhk'h (= Persian Duzakh). To the sun and<br> moon sacrifices were offered on the <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>. Rivers <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/aryan.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shepherd.htm"><span class="l">Shepherd (76 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> water is not accessible to them. On the <b>mountain</b><b>tops</b> the melting snows<br> supply the needed water. In other districts it is drawn <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shepherd.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/roads.htm"><span class="l">Roads (34 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have<br> grass-lands on all the dry <b>mountain</b>-<b>tops</b>. (See NAS NIV). Isaiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/roads.htm - 16k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/celebrity-tragedies.html">Why are there so many tragedies among celebrities? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Lucifer-Satan.html">Is Lucifer Satan? Does the fall of Lucifer describe Satan? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/secret-law-attraction.html">What is “The Secret”? 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They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry <span class="boldtext">mountain-tops</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/m/mountain-tops.htm">Mountain-tops</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mounted.htm">Mounted (32 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mountain-tops.htm">Mountain-tops (2 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/m/mountaintops.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mountaintops"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mountaintops" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/m/mountaintops_and_hills.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mountaintops and Hills"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mountaintops and Hills" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>