The Cosmic Mountain: Intersection of Heaven and Earth
Sign in to rateThe cosmic mountain is an important metaphor in the Old Testament. People in the ancient Near East thought of mountains as the home of the gods and the place from which the gods issued decrees. The biblical writers shared this worldview but had the cosmos run by the lone, incomparable God of Israel and had human beings, the terrestrial children of God, involved in that activity. Learn how Eden, Sinai, the Tabernacle, the Temple, Zion, and the Church are interconnected by conceptual threads that derive from the cosmic mountain idea.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
Introducing the Cosmic Mountain
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Why the Term “Cosmic Mountain”?
3m
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Trees and Cosmic Mountains
Divine Encounters Marked by Trees
7m
Sinai/Horeb as Cosmic Mountain
Sinai/Horeb as Cosmic Mountain: Part 1
5m
Tabernacle as Cosmic Mountain
Tabernacle as Cosmic Mountain
3m
Cosmic Mountain and the New Testament
Cosmic Mountain and the New Testament
5m
Conclusion
Conclusion to the Course
2m