VIEW FROM THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES
VIEW FROM THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES There is a beautiful view of the Lake of Galilee that, if once seen, can never be forgotten. Let us try to see it as our Lord saw it when He sat with His disciples and taught the people in that greatest discourse of all time—the Sermon on the Mount . Leaving Capernaum in the afternoon, He had walked round by the road on the west side of the lake, then turning to His right, had followed a wild, rocky gorge up to the cliffs above, beyond, which was a plain covered with grass, and thyme, and wild flowers. Beyond this plain rose two cone-like peaks, with a grassy valley between, shaped like a saddle. The peaks are called Kurûn Hattin—the “Horns of Hattin” —and are of volcanic structure. Upon one of these peaks our Lord spent the night in prayer. Descending in the morning to the space between the two mounts, He doubtless found the people already waiting for Him to hear His word . First calling His friends around Him —most of them fishermen w...