Riverside Community Church of God

In scripture, the mountain is the place you go to get to God. Moses climbs up on the mountain to get the 10 commandments. Elijah goes up onto the mountain to hear the still sound voice of God speaking to him. In the scripture leading up to this point, you climb the mountain to be with God, to get with God, to be in his presence. You know what Jesus does here? Jesus goes up on the mountain and he sits down with you. Do you get this? He is showing us that he is the perfect in the it like, in between between us and God. He doesn't climb the mountain and say, get up here. He climbs the mountain. He invites the people around, and he sits and is with them. He is God himself, the presence of God on top of a mountain, not saying get up here and you'll be okay, but sitting down and say, I know it's not okay and I'm here. That is a picture of God