Matthew 17:20
King James Version (KJV)
“20 And Jesus (YH’shua or YH’s salvation, the walking talking Word of Elohim) said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain (see below *), Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
*By implication, in scripture and Israelite history, mountains are at times known to be places of false worship, where false worshipers erected alters to deities like molek or baal. Because of this we know that Israelite Synagogues (places to congregate), though at times built on mountain tops, needed to be distinguished from those places of false worship.
An example in Bible history – is the story of King Josiah (of Judah) who went as far as destroying all high places (or false alters on mountains and hills) in order to follow commandments recently found by the king’s priest (Hilkiah); always to the blessing of YHWH Elohim. So what do we learn from this? clearly, how the Hebrew roots approach better equips us to walk in our subject matter’s sandals (if you would), that we may better understand what YH is saying.
The act of having faith is not about physically moving a mountain, in this case it is about preparing ourselves to fend off or bring to correction “false worshipers” (high places or mountains) in YH’s truth. HalleluYH!
Hope that helps to open eyes to yet another fascinating word-play found in Hebrew roots, a less mystical and no – less incredible story of love, faith and salvation in YH’s truth: The truth that shall free us, paraphrasing YH’shua.
Shalom in YH’shua friends. :)