A catastrophic situation is unfolding upon Iraq's Sinjar Mountain. Atop the mountain , an estimated 40-50,000 Yazidi men , women & children have taken refuge having fled the violence & brutality engulfing the region. They are trapped , no food , no water & no shelter. At the base of the mountain , hordes of Islamic State Jihadists await. Having already taken 100's of Yazidi women captive , these murderous Islamic extremists issued the Yazidi people an ultimatum . . . " Convert to Islam or Be Killed ". The Yazidis' plight is desparate. With world leaders & nations ' unwilling ' to provide any meaningful help ( besides dropping food baskets ) this terrible humanitarian crisis will only get worse. It's a foretaste of the escalating violence & chaos that will soon overwhelm all mankind. But there is ' another ' mountain. A mountain of promise , of hope & joy , spoken of repeatedly in God's Word. It is God's Holy Mountainof Zion. It will be the ' Throne of the Lord ' & the centre of worship in God's coming Kingdom on earth. A mountain that both now & in the future will be a ' true source ' of refuge & comfort to those who seek to follow & trust in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 2v2-4 - 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 & shall be exalted above the hills & all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go & say , Come ye & let us go up to the mountain of the LORD , to the house of the God of Jacob ( Israel ) & He will teach us of His ways & we will walk in His paths : forout of Zion shall go forth the law & the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge among the nations & shall rebuke many people & they shall beat their swords into plowshares & their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation ,neither shall they learn war any more.
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