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You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in fes-
tal array, and to the church of the Firstborn who are enrolled in
heaven . . . (Hebrews 12:22-23a). 13

The idea of a holy mountain is a place where men can meet
God, because the top of a mountain is nearest to heaven. This is
why Israel sacrificed on “high places .“ The image, symbolically,
is that of a pyramid, for a pyramid is but a stylized mountain.
The four sides, or the four edges, of the pyramid correspond to
the four rivers that flow out, taking God’s kingdom influences to
all the earth. (See Diagram 12. 7.) Man’s position at the top of the
mountain enables him to see the heavenly pattern, and then
brings it down to the earth below, as did Moses.

Diagram 12.7
Eden in the World

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Sea

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