Come, let us go up…
to the mountain of the house of the Lord!
God says,
“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King
Psalm 48:2
In the beginning, God planted a garden eastward in Eden. However, the actual garden was a relatively small part of the whole. Eden was a vast expanse and in the north there was a high mountain. God lived in the sides of that high place, on the slopes of that peak. This was and is also called the “mount of the congregation” because Seraphim, Cherubim, and Angels dwelt there too. Sometimes, in the cool of the day, YHWH would descend from His high place and commune with Adam.
Rebellion in the sides of the north,
“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:”
Isaiah 14:13
Lucifer, the covering cherub, wanted to be like God. However, there is only one God, and their can be none beside Him. God cast Lucifer out of the mountain of the house of the Lord.
The direction of heaven is always up
Everything in the scriptures refers to this first kingdom of God in Eden. God is always high and lifted up, often appearing on a mountain top as He did in Horeb after the children of Israel left Egypt.
God says,
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord‘s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 2:2,3
A mountain in northern Eden is the original mount Zion
The mountain of the house of the Lord in Eden is the original Mount Zion. Earth, therefore, is not just some planet in a vast universe, but is the dwelling place of the Most High. God left because of sin, but will come back in the person of Jesus Christ at the second coming. New Jerusalem, the original city of God in northern Eden, becomes the center of God’s New Creation.
The millennial temple in Ezekiel’s vision represents God’s original abode in north Eden. This house of God was the literal kingdom of God on Earth. The whole of the millennium foreshadows a restoration of that heavenly kingdom in the New Heavens and New Earth. Also, God took the tree of life with Him when He left Eden. That is why you see it at the entrance of that eternal city in the restoration of all things.
East of Eden, God created a cradle for His children: we call it paradise. Our genesis is Eden, but someday we will ascend the sides of the north to become God’s wife. The earthly glory of Solomon and his wives echos the mount of the congregation which originally existed in Eden. Our future home is in the mountain of the house of the Lord in the world to come. Just as Eve is the mother of all living, we bring forth after God’s kind. The children born of God and man will populate the new earth and the entire universe.
Finally, God says,
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
Amen.
Dear Connections,
I am just amazed. I have been a Christian for over thirty years, yet in all my time I have never understood this about Eden. I tell you, I just love having a front row seat to further revelation. I live for God’s revealed word.
What this shows me, is that we have barely scatched the surfaced of God’s Rhema (spoken word, i.e. the Logos). Wow, this is just awsome! We have sooooooooo much to look foward to!
God bless,
Michael
Yep. I lived in the arctic. It was warm there at one time. Their are fossils of coral and lots more clues. Ice age nothing more in my book than God freezing over Eden when Egypt fell… Ezekiel 31. I think the mount is still there. It makes sense that the New Jerusalem would be in the north though I had always assumed it would be in Jerusalem. Interesting thought.
Dear Ron,
Thanks for your comment. Were you in the Antarctic (south pole?)? I hear that sometimes you can find interesting things on the wind swept expanses. I guess that gives the saying, “till hell freezes over,” a new meaning!
Blessings,
Michael
Dear Connections,
The mount of the congregation was in the sides of the north in Eden. When Adam sinned God left. Tongues of fire lifted off Adam’s head with a mighty rushing wind. Not only that, after God judged Adam and Eve, He and the congregation left Eden also. That is why they are in heaven until this day. This is also why New Jerusalem comes down out of heaven to the Earth. In the restoration of all things our Lord returns just as He left and the tabernacle of God is once more with men.
Blessings,
Michael
Wow, wow, wow!
Dear Connections,
Abraham had a vision in Ur of the Chaldees,
“For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”
Hebrew 11:10
The city that Abraham looked for was the original city of God in the sides of the north on the mount of the congregation in Eden.
Jesus says,
“We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.”
Mark 14:58
while Jesus refers his resurrection, he also is talking about New Jerusalem. In three days, three thousand years in God’s timing, The city of God comes down out of heaven, which is in reality the very city that went up into heaven after YHWH judged Adam and Eve. the original city is what all these other cites are patterned after. The river that came into the garden of Eden flowed from under the threshold of God in the mountain of the house of the Lord. At that time, before sin, the Tabernacle of God was with men and the river that flowed from His Holy Hill broke into for rivers and watered the whole plain of Eden where the garden was!
In the restoration of all things God makes all things new. Therefore, whatever was present in Eden before the fall must be recreated. This is why there is a New Jerusalem because there was an original city of God in the sides of the North in the mountain of Eden. This is what New Jerusalem represents and fulfills.
God says,
“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,”
Hebrew 12:22
This is the city, built four square, that existed in the beginning in Eden. It is the city that still exists today in heaven and will come down out of heaven into the New Heavens and New Earth.
I just love God and revelation!
God bless!
This is powerful revelation! It fills in a lot of truth about the past – pre sin – and the future- the new heavens and new earth. I love how all the pieces have been there but it takes the revelation of the Spirit of God to enlighten us to it. How much more does God want to show us if we will open our hearts and spirits to what He wants to reveal. Thanks for sharing what you see!