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Genesis 28:10-13 Jacob's ladder then and now Day 27

Good morning fellow exiles and pilgrims,

For those of you who have never been in the Navy, I want to share an example of how the secular world just can't shake the reality of biblical history.  You see, a rope ladder was called a Jacob's ladder.  This handy device allow a sailor to climb up from a small boat to a main deck of the ship.  So you get the idea of "angels ascending and descending".  Of course Jacob's dream is more of a stair case than a vertical ladder, but the imagery is dramatic.

Blessings,

Jeff

 God graciously reveals this aspect of His active involvement in the affairs of man.  A sign to confirm Jacob as the line of the promised line back to 3:15. So why this stairway to heaven?  Is the only reason so that the messiah could refer to this event?  Certainly angels don't really need a stairway to go back and forth between heaven and earth. 

Calvin points to the ladder as a type  of Christ as mediator between God and man.  When Jesus fulfills this vision in John 1 :51, he says "angels ascending and descending on the Son of man.".    Affirms this concept. 

How did Jacob respond?  Obviously he repeated this story To his children so that Moses would know it and include it in scripture. Though to both Jacob and Moses, it may have been a story without obvious meaning or application. Nonetheless, he includes it in Israel's history.   While other angelic visits are recorded, this one is unique. Is He saying to Jacob "hold onto this singular revelation".

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