These mountains have a symbolic, even spiritual draw, for many people. In the Bible, mountains have a clear, symbolic meaning as well. We find most of the significant events taking place on mountains, some famous, some anonymous as in our text for today. The Biblical characters looked to Mt. Moriah, Mt. Horeb, which is the same as Mt. Sinai, Mt. Zion, Mt. Nebo, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Gilboa, the Mount of Olives, the sermon on the mount, and a hill call Golgotha. Mountains seem to be an appropriate place to meet God.
Mountains are much like church steeples which point toward the heavens.
Climbing a mountain lifts you above the normal plain of activities. The mountain takes you up to the very presence of God. And from the mountain, we find God's viewpoint on the matters of life. The view from the mountain puts the valley into perspective. The Bible does not say which mountain it was where the Transfiguration took place.