Mountains Turned to Plains

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phil36

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[h=3]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)[/h]
[FONT=&quot]At this hour a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path over it, or through it, or round it. Let faith come in, and straightway the mountain disappears and becomes a plain. But faith must first hear the word of the Lord—"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." This grand truth is a prime necessity for meeting the insurmountable trials of life.


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[FONT=&quot]I see that I can do nothing and that all reliance on man is vanity. "Not by might." I see that no visible means can be relied on, but the force is in the invisible Spirit. God alone must work, and men and means must be nothing accounted of. If it be so that the Almighty God takes up the concerns of His people, then great mountains are nothing. He can remove worlds as boys toss balls about or drive them with their foot. This power He can lend to me. If the Lord bids me move an Alp I can do it through His name. It may be a great mountain, but even before my feebleness it shall become a plain; for the Lord hath said it. What can I be afraid of with God on my side?

C H Spurgeon - Faiths check book[/FONT]
 

Hizikyah

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Zechariah 4:1-14, "4:1, "And the messenger who was speaking to me came back and woke me up as a man is awakened from sleep."4:2, "And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I have looked, and see: a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven spouts to the seven lamps."4:3, "“And two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.”"4:4, "Then I responded and spoke to the messenger who was speaking to me, saying, “What are these, my master?”"4:5, "And the messenger who was speaking to me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my master.”"4:6, "And he answered and said to me, “This is the word of [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]to Zerubbaḇel (scorched Babel*), ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ said [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of hosts."4:7, "Who are you, great mountain, before Zerubbaḇel? A plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Favor, favor to it!” ’ ”"4:8, "And the word of [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]came to me, saying,"4:9, "“The hands of Zerubbaḇel have laid the foundation of this House, and his hands shall complete it. And you shall know that [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of hosts has sent Me to you."4:10, "“For who has despised the day of small beginnings? They shall rejoice when they see the plumb-line in the hand of Zerubbaḇel. These seven are the eyes of [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהוה[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], which diligently search throughout all the earth.”"4:11, "Then I responded and said to him, “What are these two olive trees, one at the right of the lampstand and the other at its left?”"4:12, "And I responded a second time and said to him, “What are these two olive branches which empty golden oil from themselves by means of the two gold pipes?”"4:13, "And he answered me and said, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my master.”"4:14, "And he said, “These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Master of all the earth.”[/FONT]



“[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Zerubbaḇel” is word #H2216[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]זְרֻבָּבֶל[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], zerûbbâbel, zer-oob-baw-bel', From H2215 and H894; descended of (that is, from) Babylon, that is, born there; Zerubbabel, an Israelite:—Zerubbabel.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Root word; H2215 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]זָרַב [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]zarab (zaw-raɓ') v., to flow away., [a primitive root], KJV: wax warm.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definition: Original: [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]זרב[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], Transliteration: Zarab, Phonetic: zaw-rab', Definition: 1. (Pual) to dry up, be warmed, be burned, be scorched, Origin: a primitive root, TWOT entry: 578, Part(s) of speech: Verb [/FONT]




[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Root word; H894 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]בָּבֶל [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Babel (baw-ɓel') n/l., 1. (meaning) mass confusion (i.e. from so many mixed-up languages)., 2. (location) Babel, the city and tower of Nimrod's kingdom in the land of Shinar (where Yahweh confused the language). Babel was in a region not far from the original location of Eden., 3. (location) Babylon (Babel), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire., 4. (group) the Babylonians., 5. (person) Babylon, the Great Prostitute. She is a fallen spiritual principality awaiting her tribunal judgment, seeking total domination of this realm by vice and conquest. [from H1101], KJV: Babel, Babylon. , Root(s): H1101 [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Matthew 17:3-4, "17:3, "And see, Mosheh and Ěliyahu appeared to them, talking with Him."17:4, "And Kĕpha answering, said to [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]יהושע[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], “Master, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, let us make here three booths: one for You, one for Mosheh, and one for Ěliyahu.”[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Revelation 11:3-13, "11:3, "“And I shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.”"11:4, "These are the two olive trees Eze 4:3 and the two lampstands that are standing before the Mighty One of the earth."11:5, "And if anyone wishes to harm them, fire comes out from their mouth and consumes their enemies. And if anyone wishes to harm them, he has to be killed in that way."11:6, "These possess authority to shut the heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy. And they possess authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they wish."11:7, "And when they have ended their witness, the beast coming up out of the pit of the deep shall fight against them, and overcome them, and kill them,"11:8, "and their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Seḏom and Mitsrayim, where also our Master was impaled,"11:9, "and some of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their dead bodies for three and a half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be placed into tombs,"11:10, "and those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and exult. And they shall send gifts to each other, because these two prophets tortured those dwelling on the earth."11:11, "And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from YHWH entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them."11:12, "And they heard a loud voice from the heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up into the heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them."11:13, "And in that hour there came to be a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. And in the earthquake seven thousand men were killed, and the rest became afraid and gave esteem to the Mighty One of the heaven."[/FONT]
 

KALYNA18

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Any mountain could be like a goliath. David stook before him half naked just in his shepard flock,and Goliate laughed and said,, what you got in your hand boy, a stick, am I a dog that you come to me with sticks. It was David's sling. Goliate kept mocking God, the same God of Isarel and the same as ours. David said, who do you think you are you foul mouthed philistine, and just with one stone, and faith, he took that giant down, and cut his head off.
It's not the size of your flesh, it's the size of your faith. For faith will move the mountains, that stand in your way, spiritual mountains, of problems pains, and unforgivness. Open your mouth and talk to that thing, it will be taken down, by your faith.
 
M

Miri

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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)


At this hour a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path over it, or through it, or round it. Let faith come in, and straightway the mountain disappears and becomes a plain. But faith must first hear the word of the Lord—"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." This grand truth is a prime necessity for meeting the insurmountable trials of life.


I see that I can do nothing and that all reliance on man is vanity. "Not by might." I see that no visible means can be relied on, but the force is in the invisible Spirit. God alone must work, and men and means must be nothing accounted of. If it be so that the Almighty God takes up the concerns of His people, then great mountains are nothing. He can remove worlds as boys toss balls about or drive them with their foot. This power He can lend to me. If the Lord bids me move an Alp I can do it through His name. It may be a great mountain, but even before my feebleness it shall become a plain; for the Lord hath said it. What can I be afraid of with God on my side?

C H Spurgeon - Faiths check book

Brilliant, know what that reminds me of.

In 2012 I had a dream that I was walking up a steep slope out of a
lush green valley. In the valley was the worship team and I was moving away from them.
As I walked up the slope I could see the feet and lower legs of a person walking just
slightly ahead. They were wearing sandals and white linen trousers.

I wasnt sure why I could only see their lower leg at the time but I was being led by
them out of the valley.


At the time I was in the worship team at church I play the saxophone. Then a few
weeks later a man got a vision during a worship team prayer meeting. It was of a
lamb being led up a mountain side! The lamb was brought towards the top but
could go no further due to a fence. The man asked the lamb what it was doing there.
The lamb replied I don’t know I’m stuck here. The man said no your not stuck, Ive
brought you here.

I knew instantly that vision was for me that I was the lamb being led up the
mountainside!

Then a couple of months later my aunt had a serious fall, dislocated her shoulder
and that’s when I starting caring for her. That was in 2013 and I have given up a lot
to do so, including the worship team. I do feel stuck I can’t move on with my life
but I can’t go back either, but I know I’m where the Lord wants me to be, on the
mountain side with Him.

Its very difficult but it’s the right place to be.

I also had another prophetic dream which is coming true now. Just before her fall I had a
dream that upstairs were 8 bedrooms for doing the Lords work. But that it was ok we could
live downstairs. I should mention that I live in a 2 bedroom house in a row of 4
terraced houses, so there are literally 8 bedrooms in the row. I felt in the dream
that all of the other bedrooms would become free.

Just after this dream, is when my aunt had her fall and we had to move her bed downstairs.
So that was one of the bedrooms freed up and she was literally living downstairs!
Since then all but one of the occupants of the other houses has moved out. Now the last
occupant is moving out of their house after Xmas so in that sense all of the
bedrooms have become freed up of the original tenants except mine! Other people
have since moved in but it’s all changed.

As for my bedroom, it’s become my place of escape for resting and bible study/praying.
So I know I’m definately in the right place.

The mountain top is a difficult place to be, it’s isolated and challenging to climb
but it’s also where the Lord is waiting to teach you and be with you one on one.
 

MarcR

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Feb 12, 2015
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#5
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)


At this hour a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path over it, or through it, or round it. Let faith come in, and straightway the mountain disappears and becomes a plain. But faith must first hear the word of the Lord—"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." This grand truth is a prime necessity for meeting the insurmountable trials of life.


I see that I can do nothing and that all reliance on man is vanity. "Not by might." I see that no visible means can be relied on, but the force is in the invisible Spirit. God alone must work, and men and means must be nothing accounted of. If it be so that the Almighty God takes up the concerns of His people, then great mountains are nothing. He can remove worlds as boys toss balls about or drive them with their foot. This power He can lend to me. If the Lord bids me move an Alp I can do it through His name. It may be a great mountain, but even before my feebleness it shall become a plain; for the Lord hath said it. What can I be afraid of with God on my side?

C H Spurgeon - Faiths check book
Phil,

Thank you for that! VERY UPLIFTING!!
 

posthuman

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Jul 31, 2013
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I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.

“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.

These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”

They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,
Who trust in idols,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”

(Isaiah 42:14-17)