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The Mystery of the Great Mountain
  The phrase great mountain occurs three (3) times in scripture: twice in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament. You should know by now that in order to follow the spiritual meaning or definition of a word or phrase the first mention is always the key that unlocks the spiritual meaning.
1. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:35)
2. Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7)
3. And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; (Revelation 8:8)
  The first documentation of a great mountain is in the prophetic book of Daniel 2:35. It wasn’t the image that became a great mountain, it was the stone that smote the image that became a great mountain, and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is one of the greatest prophecies in scripture detailing the four main kingdoms or empires that would affect the eastern world. Remember that previous in this article that there is a list of seven Empires. The image in Daniel summarizes the power structure in the last four great Empires: (4) Babylonian Empire, (5) Persian/Mede Empire, (6) Seleucid (Greek) Empire, and the (7) Roman Empire. Later in Daniel, the Holy Spirit of God expands on these four Empires, but in the 2nd Chapter these Empires appear as a basic introduction to what will follow later in the visions of Daniel.
  Let us continue on with a great mountain. It was The Stone that smote the image and became a Great Mountain and filled the whole earth. Who does this Stone symbolize? And this Stone, this Great Mountain filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:45; 8:25; Zechariah 4:6; 2nd Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 9:24)
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? (Matthew 21:42)
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. (Matthew 21:44)
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: (Mark 12:10)
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone]; (Ephesians 2:20)
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (1st Peter 2:6) Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (1st Peter 2:7) And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1st Peter 2:8)
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (Isaiah 28:16)
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (Zechariah 3:9) Christ is The Great Mountain that is above all mountains of power.
  Christ is THAT STONE made without hands. Christ is the ONE STONE with SEVEN EYES which are the seven Spirits of God. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. (Revelation 5:6) In Christ dwells the fulness of the Godhead bodily: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Christ is The Great Mountain that is above all mountains of power. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. (Daniel 2:34)
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (Ephesians 1:23)
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9)
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; (Colossians 1:19)
  The second documentation of the great mountain is found in the prophecy of the book of Zechariah in Chapter 4, verse 7. Notice the question, Who [art] thou, O great mountain?
2. Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7)
  What is the connection between this great mountain and the man called Zerubbabel? Zerubbabel is another interesting personality. This name appears in twenty-one (21) verses for a total of twenty-two (22) times. Again, I have to bring in the veiled message in God’s numbering system: we have a double witness in the number 22, and we have in the number 21, the perfection of the Godhead bodily, (7 x 7 x 7 = 21, or 3 x 7 = 21). The meaning of the name of Zerubbabel is ‘sown in Babylon‘ and/or ‘melted by Babylon.‘ This man was a direct descendant of king David. (Matthew 1:12) He was of the royal line of Kingship. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel. God was faithful to His word that the sceptre of royalty would not cease to exist, and Zerubbabel (Zorobabel) had been the living proof of God’s faithfulness that even in the furnace of slavery to Babylon, God preserved Judah’s progeny in Zerubbabel.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Genesis 49:10) Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; (Psalm 108:8)
  When Cyrus and later Darius released the Jews from the Babylon, Zerubbabel was one of the leaders to supervise the return and the rebuilding of Jerusalem for Zerubbabel was recognized as having the rights to the throne of David, and therefore, Zerubbabel was the rightful king, but since the Israelites were not in the position to claim royalty, Zerubbabel was called the governor of Judah four times in the book of Haggai.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, (Haggai 1:1)
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, (Haggai 1:14)
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, (Haggai 2:2)
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; (Haggai 2:21) And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. (Haggai 2:22) In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. (Haggai 2:23)
  In verse 22 we have the throne of kingdoms, and the strength of the kingdoms: kingdoms . . . many kingdoms, many Empires, many mountains of power for the LAST mountain of power is the kingdom of the Beast, and his kingdom is strengthened by the tyrannical militaries of the kingdoms of the heathen. Remember that the mountain of Babylon is a three-prong power syndicate where religion is employed by the false prophet to affect emotions and passions of its followers. Government is the authority and the enforcer, and corporate is the banker and merchandiser.
  Who [art] thou, O great mountain? This great mountain was recognized through Zerubbabel as the rightful king to the throne of David. And to write it correctly, this Great Mountain was the rightful King to the throne of Israel, and He would make the rough places and the crooked places straight as a plain, and He would appear as the Head Stone of all of God’s purposes crying, Grace, grace unto it.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
2. Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7)
  The third and final documentation of a great mountain is found in Revelation 8:8, 3. And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; (Revelation 8:8) This prophecy in Revelation 8:8 is the culmination of a previous prophecy. Remember Jeremiah 51:25 is the prophecy against the destroying mountain. Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. It all comes together perfectly that the destroying mountain, the powerhouse of the haters of God led by the insane angel Lucifer, will receive their just rewards. All the evil men of renown will be rolled down from their self-imposed heights of grandeur and arrogant elitism. These creatures with mountains of abundance believing their own lies that they are something that they not are rightfully doomed to become a mountain burning in the fires of hell.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. (Psalm 73:1)
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. (Psalm 73:2)
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (Psalm 73:3)
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. (Psalm 73:4)
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. (Psalm 73:5)
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. (Psalm 73:6)
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. (Psalm 73:7)
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. (Psalm 73:8)
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psalm 73:9)
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. (Psalm 73:10)
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? (Psalm 73:11)
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. (Psalm 73:12)
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. (Psalm 73:17)
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. (Psalm 73:18)
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. (Psalm 73:19)
   Let us not end here with the burning mountain of the twice dead but let us go on to see the Great Mountain of the Living Eternal God. With all the evil mountains surrounding the children of God we need to keep our eyes focused on our Great and High Mountain, the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Great Mountain offered Himself on one of the mountains of Moriah so that we would be carried away to the mountain of His holiness to forever be with Him, LORD OF LORDS and KING of KINGS . . . our Great and High Mountain.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, (Revelation 21:10)
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. (Psalm 48:1)
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