When Abraham and Isaac climbed this mountain it must have been wild and lonely. But years later the great city of Jerusalem was built there.
Look in a Bible, atlas, or geography on the map of Palestine, and, near the center, you will find Jerusalem. You can see mountains shown all around, and it is built on mountains. The beautiful Temple to worship God was on one called, Moriah, and later called, Zion. Outside the city was a place called Golgotha, or Calvary. It was there the Lord Jesus was taken to be crucified.
No one now is certain just where the place was; but it is thought to be the same as where God told Abraham to build the altar for Isaac; if not, it was near there. The name that Abraham gave it was “Jehovah Jireh,” and means,
“On the Mount it shall be seen,’’ or “God will provide.”
ML 08/09/1936