Mountains of Faith!

Consider Preaching the Way God Moved at Various Mountains

Mountains in Scripture:

1. Arat (Genesis 8:4): Where the ark of Noah landed.
2. Carmel (1 Kings 18:19): Elijah challenged the priests of Ball
3. Ebal (Deut. 11:29; 27:9-13): Where the curses of Israel (if the people disobeyed) were pronounced; located in Samaria
4. Gerizim (Deut. 11:29; John 4:20-21): Where the blessings of Israel (for obedience) were pronounced, and where the Samaritians later build their temple: located opposite Mount Ebel.
5. Gilboa (1 Sam 31:1-6): Where Saul was defeated by the Philistines and killed along with Jonathan, his son: located on the eastern side of the Plain of Esdrealon
6. Gilead (Gen. 31:20-49): Where Jacob and Laban made their covenant; located southeast of the Galilean Sea.
7. Harmon (Matthew 17): Where Jesus was transfigured; located southwest of Nazareth
8. Hor (Numbers 20:25-29) where Aaron died; located northeast of Kadesh
9. Horeb: The Sacred Mountain chain of which Sinai was the summit; located in the peninsula between the Gulf of Aqabah and the Suez (A) Exod: 3:1 - Here Moses received his commision at the burning bush (B) Exod 17:6 - Here Moses brought water out of the rock. (C) Exod 32-33 - Here the people watied as Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai (D) 1 Kings 19: - Here Elijah fled from Jezebel.
   
10. Lebanon (1 Kings 5:6-14): Where the cedar and cypress timber was cut for Solomon's temple: a snowclad mountain range extending in a northeasterly direction for a hundred miles along the Syrian Coast.
11. Moriah (Gen. 22:2; 2 Chron. 3:1): Where Abraham almost sacraficed Isaac and where Solomon build teh temple
12. Nebo (Deut. 3:27; 34:1-4): The Summit point of Mount Pisgah, where Moses viewed the Promise Land; located east of teh Jordan River
13. Olives: just east of Jerusalem (A) 2 Sam 15:30 - David crossed this during his flight from Absalom (B) Luke 19:41 - Here Jesus wept over Jerusalem (C) Matt. 24-25 - Jesus preached his final discourse
14. Pisgah (Num 22-24; Deut. 34:5-6): where Balaam attempted to curse Israel and where Moses was buried; located east of the Jordan River.
15. Sinai (Exod. 20:1-17): The summit of Mount Horeb where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
16. Tabor (Judge 4:6-15): Where Deborah and Barak descnded to defeat Sisera; located in Gilee, east of Nazareth.
    

Willmington, H.L.: Willmington's Book of Bible Lists. Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, 1987, S. 209