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Source of heaven as mountains imagery?

Postby bruce n h » September 24th, 2008, 2:06 am

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Postby Leslie » September 24th, 2008, 5:30 pm

"What are you laughing at?"
"At myself. My little puny self," said Phillipa.
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Postby Sven » September 24th, 2008, 8:30 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Postby Tuke » September 25th, 2008, 4:01 am

"The 'great golden chain of Concord' has united the whole of Edmund Spenser's world.... Nothing is repressed; nothing is insubordinate. To read him is to grow in mental health." The Allegory Of Love (Faerie Queene)

2 Corinthians IV.17 The Weight of Glory
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Postby Leslie » September 25th, 2008, 3:58 pm

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Postby Tuke » September 26th, 2008, 12:43 am

"The 'great golden chain of Concord' has united the whole of Edmund Spenser's world.... Nothing is repressed; nothing is insubordinate. To read him is to grow in mental health." The Allegory Of Love (Faerie Queene)

2 Corinthians IV.17 The Weight of Glory
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Postby Áthas » September 26th, 2008, 12:12 pm

I was thinking about people who climb the highest mountains and risk their lives just to get up there. Might it be that there is just something inside human beings suggesting that you can reach something greater if you climb a mountain?
Sorry, this might be a totally silly thought.
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Re: Source of heaven as mountains imagery?

Postby ainulindale » June 16th, 2009, 4:36 am

i've wondered about the heaven/mountains connection as well. recently i read a rather fascinating book, "the all-inclusive Christ," (available to read online) which shed some light on this matter. Basically it says that in scripture, mountains represent resurrection (raised up) and ascension -- something raised above the earth (hence, heaven). It goes into detail about the imagery about the New Jerusalem and how this kingdom of God is built of living precious stones, which signify resurrected people, who have been transformed from "clay" (natural life) to "stone" (resurrection life). Also it mentions something about how the heavenly armor of God is made of metals from those heavenly mountains of resurrection. anyway, the book explains it much better than i.
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Re: Source of heaven as mountains imagery?

Postby Tuke » June 17th, 2009, 6:23 pm

I encountered these verses in my devotions Psalm 113:5-6; 115:15-18.
God is high and lifted up; therefore, in the ages before aeronautics, wouldn't mountains be a natural metaphor of nearness to God?
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