{"id":7961,"date":"2020-02-27T22:20:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T05:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7961"},"modified":"2020-02-27T22:21:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T05:21:06","slug":"high-mountain","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/high-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"The High Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">By Israel Institute of Biblical Studies<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87646770_260398911613633_7919398860319883264_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87646770_260398911613633_7919398860319883264_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87646770_260398911613633_7919398860319883264_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87646770_260398911613633_7919398860319883264_n-450x225.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In all Synoptic Gospels we read about the transfiguration, \u201cJesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them\u201d. What was this \u201chigh mountain\u201d? It has been widely believed that the location of the Transfiguration was Mount Tabor. However, there is another mountain which fits this description\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where Peter confessed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mount Hermon is the highest mountain in Israel, located in the very north of the country, not far from the city that was called Caesarea Philippi. In Matthew 16, Peter confesses to Jesus as Messiah in the region of Caesarea Philippi. In all three Synoptic Gospels, the transfiguration happens after Peter\u2019s confession,\u00a0so it makes sense for this dramatic event to take place in the same region as Peter\u2019s confession took place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Transfigurationbloch-1-e1582867220166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>The Watchers descend on Hermon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This identification of Hermon as the Mount of Transfiguration becomes even more convincing when seen against the background of Second Temple Judaism. According to the book of Enoch, one of the most important texts of the time, Mount Hermon was where the Rebellious Angels \u2013 the Watchers \u2013 descended to corrupt humanity. Therefore,\u00a0Mount Hermon became a symbol of the sin of the Watchers and their horrible influence on humankind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understand Jesus\u2019 choice through a Jewish context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this context, the whole transfiguration event becomes even more significant. Jesus specifically chose Mount Hermon,\u00a0as if saying, \u201cThe spread of the evil started from here, and I came to reverse this evil and to repair the world!\u201d\u00a0We can only understand this when we know the beliefs of the time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":7962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[35],"class_list":["post-7961","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-english-writer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7964,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7961\/revisions\/7964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7961"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=7961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}