Mountains have always fascinated me. Whether hiking, climbing, or even doing some serious rock climbing—there's something glorious about reaching the top, feeling the success, and enjoying the magnificent view. Unless a cable car happens to be running, mountain peaks are usually places where one experiences peace and tranquility, where you can distance yourself from the hustle and bustle in the valley, feeling as if you are leaving it all behind and are elevated above it.
This image is even more striking when fog hangs over the valley. It feels as if you break through the ceiling into a new world. Suddenly there is clarity, light, a new perspective, and almost endless visibility. The world beneath the fog seems to cease to exist.
And the very best part: on the mountain, one feels just a bit closer to God. I have had so many wonderful experiences alone somewhere on the mountain!
Well, even Jesus seemed to feel this way. He repeatedly withdrew from the crowds and even from his disciples to be alone with his Father. In the story of the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:1-9), he took three of his closest friends with him. For them, it was such a monumental experience that they wanted to build shelters to stay there forever. Not only was Jesus’ face transfigured and shining in glory, but suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared with him.
It seems quite logical that it was precisely these two who joined him. As both friends of God and forerunners, they share something in common—they knew the mountain.
Moses climbed the mountain where God descended with earthquakes, wind, smoke, and fire. Moses even asked: (Ex. 33:18) “Show me Your glory!” Then followed that magnificent event where God passed by Moses in His glory while His hand covered him in the cleft of the rock. Moses was allowed to see God’s back, for no one could see His face and live. But now, in the New Testament on the Mount of Transfiguration, God revealed His face and glory in Jesus. Moses was the first to be there and he now saw the face of God. His prayer was answered.
Elijah had a similar experience. The Lord called him to the mountain. There was the rock, the cleft, and the Lord passed by. First a strong wind, then an earthquake, then fire, and finally a still, small voice. (1 Kings 19:13): “When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said ...”
Moses and Elijah knew the mountain. The mountain is the place where you not only see God’s deeds but also experience His presence and glory. It is a place of revelation, as well as a place of transformation and empowerment.
The mountain is also the place to which each of us is called in the new covenant. Unfortunately, even today, very few truly make their way, and the mountain remains a very lonely place. But somehow, I feel that this call is now ringing louder than ever before. It seems to me that what is written in Rev. 4:1 is happening: “After this, I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here!’ ...”
What the prophet Isaiah and the prophet Micah both prophesied in almost identical wording, I want to declare as a prophetic voice for today:
Isaiah 2:2-3: “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths!’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
Micah 4:1-2: “But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, and many nations shall come and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths!’”
The door is open, and the voice is calling you! Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord!
That this is not just a natural mountain and not the earthly Zion is made clear in Hebrews 12.
Hebrews 12:18-29: “For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest ... Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ‘I tremble with fear.’ But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. ... His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.’ ... Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
Here, the mountain of the Lord is clearly connected to heavenly reality. Starting with the mountain of Moses, it speaks of Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, and the Kingdom of God. It is not referring to a future event but to something that has already happened for us: “You have come to the mountain ...”
It also states: “Yet once more I will shake ...,” which I believe describes exactly our time. For those who know the mountain of the Lord, it says: “For we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be grateful ...”
That’s why it’s so important that we today follow the call: “See that you do not refuse him who is speaking!”
Get up! Climb the mountain! Set your feet on the rock!
The word came to Moses: Ex. 33:18: “And the Lord said: ‘Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock.’”
This verse has accompanied me for many years. It has become so precious to me. What a privilege it is to be invited to the mountain, where I can stand on the rock (Jesus), where God has prepared a place for me with Him. There I can share in His glory as His friend.
When the Lord led us to Tenerife, we found this finca after a long search. Although it was small and unremarkable and didn’t match the center we had envisioned, where many people could gather and ministry could happen ... we had the inner testimony that we had arrived at the right place. When I first read the address of the finca on the purchase contract, it was an even stronger confirmation. The address simply stated: “El Roque, cercado del Monte” (we have no other address that Google might find). With my then-limited Spanish, I understood: “The Rock, near the Mountain.” Today I understand that “cercado” means not just “near,” but “surrounded by.” So: “On the Rock (Jesus) surrounded by the Mountain.” Just like Moses and Elijah on the mountain in that cleft of the rock ... the place with Him in His glory ...
Currently, the Lord is speaking a lot, and we feel that this place is to be known as a prayer mountain, and that the reality of the mountain of the Lord is to be increasingly manifested here.
Old prophecies of huts on the mountain, where men and women of God from all over the world will come, encounter the Lord, receive new revelation and strategies for ministry, write books, ... are coming back to life.
Our faith is currently growing that we will acquire additional land, build huts, ... And above all, that heaven will increasingly open and more of the heavenly reality will become visible.
We are not saying that THE mountain of the Lord is exclusively found here. Rather, we believe that this is happening in various places, and that this reality is spreading more and more around the world. So that ultimately the mountain of the Lord will stand higher than all other mountains, as Isaiah and Micah have prophesied. Then the following word will also be fulfilled:
Isaiah 25:6-10: “And the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day: ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation!’ For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. But Moab shall be trampled down in his place, as straw is trampled down in a dung pit.”
I am so glad that we can participate in this matter! And today I want to invite you to do the same!
Seek the Lord! Let go of what binds you down below! Climb higher! Find your place on the mountain!
This is also about total surrender! Do not rely on any idols and worldly securities, but completely on the Lord. Then this magnificent promise applies to you:
Isaiah 57:13: “When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you; but the wind will carry them all away, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.”
The more of us take our place on the mountain and worship the Lord there, the higher this mountain will stand. Heaven will open up. More people will see it and find access, and God can increasingly manifest His power and glory here on earth.
Finally, I want to encourage you to invest in this matter. Give yourself time and energy, seek the Lord, and let’s pray together!
If the Lord leads you to give a sacrifice and financially invest in a project like ours, then do so! In doing so, you are sowing into what is so important to the Lord at this time—the manifestation of the mountain of the Lord.
Specifically, we want to create such a prayer mountain where this reality can also be experienced.
Be blessed from here, the prayer mountain of Tenerife!!!
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