I see the Word of God as the Mountain for us to climb to elevate spiritually. It's very high and filled with profound wisdom. If any scripture is truly inspired from Beyond, this is it!
Why do I believe that the Bible connects us with our Source? My heart and mind agree in knowing. But I can't convince you... that depends on the call of the Holy Spirit and your own free will... why some but not others respond remains a mystery.
Based on many conversations, I see most people fitting into one the following four categories. Where do you identify yourself?
feel no need to hike on any spiritual trail
view the Bible as just one of many spiritual mountains
insist that one particular path on the Word of God Mountain is the only right way up
recognize multitude of valid approaches to climbing the Word of God Mountain
The pinnacle of modern science reaches almost as high as Jewish mysticism based on Torah towards understanding the foundations of the universe. For many centuries, Kabbalists have grasped concepts which quantum physicists have only recently discovered. Science and the Bible agree on intrinsic incomprehensibility (unknowability to the human mind), paradox (truth transcending apparent contradiction), interconnectedness (unity in diversity), and uncertainty (allowing for free will) at the subatomic and ethereal levels of our world.
כִּֽי־גָבְה֥וּ שָׁמַ֖יִם מֵאָ֑רֶץ
כֵּ֣ן גָּבְה֤וּ דְרָכַי֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֔ם
וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖י מִמַּחְשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם
ישעיהו נה:ט
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:9
While science and philosophy climb from the bottom up, the Bible depends on revelation from above the top of the Mountain. Both the heavens and the earth, the spiritual and material realms, are created and sustained by the Source Beyond.
The Word of God Mountain abounds with beautiful and complex scenery. It rises into eternity but does not provide clear answers to all of our questions. Views at every turn enhance perspective and grow faith.
The Biblical satan tempts us to conjure up illusions of independent spirituality on our own personal hills of awareness. Yet we need this greater Mountain for transcendence of self, for connection with Source.
It's tragic when anyone is turned off from this whole Mountain after glimpsing one trail. The enemy wants to deceive and divide us. Truth seekers who try different paths usually discover value in all.
Some prefer to be guided through well-traveled regions while others love to explore on their own. Limitless possible routes traverse concepts and verses, leading to panoramas of purpose and enlightenment.
When people at the foot of this Mountain see it filled with happy hikers, including both Jews and Christians, affirming and encouraging each other's intersecting and uplifting expeditions, they will want to join our journey together in the Word of God.
וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים
נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה
בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת
וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם
ישעיהו ב:ג
And it will be in the last days,
the Mountain of the house of HaShem will be established
on the top of the mountains and elevated above hills;
and all the nations will flow to it.
Isaiah 2:3
שְׁלַח-אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ
הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִי
יְבִיאוּנִי אֶל-הַר-קָדְשְׁךָ
וְאֶל-מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ
תהילים מג:ג
Send out Your light and your truth,
they will lead me;
they will bring me to Your holy Mountain,
and to Your dwelling place.
Psalms 43:3
אֲבָל אַתֶּם קְרַבְתֶּם אֶל הַר צִיּוֹן
וְאֶל עִיר אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים,
אֶל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם
וְאֶל הֲמוֹנֵי רִבְבוֹת הַמַּלְאָכִים
אגרת אל העברים יב:כב
But you have come close to Mount Zion
and to the city of the living God,
to Jerusalem in the heavens,
and to the multitudes of tens of thousands of angels.
Hebrews 12:22
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