Just wondering if anyone has any insightful information to offer regarding this topic, whether from a geological perspective or Biblical perspective or anything in between. I'm giving a Bible class on the splitting of the mount this week and am compiling as much info as I can get my hands on.
In the meantime, I did have a specific question relating to the topic, namely regarding the fault line that runs north through Israel. Zechariah 14:4 says:
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
If the fault line is running north, how can the split run east/west with the mountain moving north/south? The opposite should be true (split = north/south move = east/west). Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.