Genesis 28: 10-16: “And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.”
Jacob was about to begin a difficult period in his life. He had spent his life cheating and lying so that he could obtain the spiritual blessings God had set apart for him from before his birth. However, he was going to be cheated and lied to for many years before he was able to find rest. However, the Lord gave him a vision to carry him through all the hard years. He saw a vision of a ladder reaching up to heaven and angels going up and down the ladder. He was to learn that God knew where he was all the time and that God understood his problems and cared for him in every situation. Even though he didn’t know that the Lord was with him when he lay down to sleep he soon understood that the Lord was with him and he would be with him for the rest of his life.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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