EZEKIEL36:1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel,  and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!
:2Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because the enemy has said of you,  ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’ ”:3therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because  they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side,  so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations,  and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the  people” Why did God use the word "they have made you desolate" to a mountain?God was saying they made the mountains desolate because the people were afraid of going to their mountains,since they were major entrances to Jerusalem and they were afraid of the enemies at the gate.The mountain (or hill,ref:psalm121:1"I will lift up my eyes to the hills From whence comes my help?") stands for one's spiritual altar,and your altar is an entrance for either the spirit of God or an evil spirit.When an altar is built the first question is;"is it for the spirit of God or the spirit of the Devil",this is so that if a man's altar is disrespected or misused or abandoned,it may harbour an enemy and become a base of attack from which the enemy will begin to attack.That was why when God's word came,it didnt go to the Israelites themselves,it went directly to their altars which were their mountains from the very begining,and God knew that was where the enemy was using as the base from which they attacked the Israelites (ezekiel36:2).If we look at how God began His walk with the Israelites through Moses,we will see that it all began from the mountain (mount Horeb) and even after that,from time to time we saw that Moses will always go to the mountain to hear from God.That sinply means that highlands,particularly mountains were significant geographical structures to the Israelites and that was what confused the syrians in 2Kings20:23 when they taught the God of the Israelites was the God of the mountain,little did they know that HE was ominipresent but He only used the mountain as a medium of communication between HIM and the Israelites.IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ENEMY TO DEFEAT YOU ON YOUR ALTAR WHEN YOUR GOD IS NOT ABSENT.What and where is that mountain of communication between you and God?,where exactly is that place that when you go,you do not come back without hearing and communicating with God?For some people its when you.are worshipping God during your quiet time,for others its when you are praying during your quiet time,while others hear God the most while studying their Bible during their quiet time.It could also be anywhere,for some its in the living room,others in the bedroom,dining room,office,classrom or even the toilet.However it is also sad that some people do not have personal altars which is supposed to stand as their mount of transfiguration,little wonder they keep getting spiritual and physical attacks since the spiritual controls the physical.Even Jesus knew the significance of a personal alter and because of that,the Bible records that HE was always at Gethsemane to pray,and that was what made it easy for Judas Iscariot to betray HIM because he knew HE would always be at the mount praying at that time and that was why the Bible records it in John28:2 "And  Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the  place; for Jesus often met there with His  disciples. ".Our mountains (personal altars) should not be a tourist centre where we visit once in a while when we are troubled,it should be a part of us,unfortunately some people don't even have a personal altar and that makes it easy for the enemy to strike them.I pray that God will open our eyes and give us the understanding of how importantly we should take our personal altars(mountains).
Revelation3:1-3 1 “And to the angel of the church in  Sardis write,  ‘These things says He who has the  seven Spirits of God and the seven stars:  “I know your works, that you have a  name that you are alive, but you are  dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the  things which remain, that are ready to  die, for I have not found your works  perfect before God. 3 Remember  therefore how you have received and  heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if  you will not watch, I will come upon you  as a thief, and you will not know what  hour I will come upon you.

GOB BLESS YOU!!!