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May 22, 2020 · Instead of angels descending and ascending on a ladder, as was the case in Jacob’s dream, angels will ascend and descend on Jesus. You see, Jesus is the ladder. He is the divine connection between heaven and earth. Jacob’s dream of the ladder was a shadow of Christ to come.
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Jan 4, 2022 · According to the Bible, Jesus was our ideal "Jacob’s Ladder" who came to earth, from the line of Jacob, through the provisions of God, and redeemed us so that we may live in heaven for eternity.
- God Uses Imperfect People.
- God’s Purpose and Plan Is Always Better than Ours. Early in his life, Jacob trusted his own plans rather than relying on God’s plans. Even after his prophetic dream, he went on to lie and cheat his uncle Laban, who he worked for, to get what he wanted when he wanted it.
- God Wants to Get Our Attention. We may not see God in vivid dreams as Jacob did, or a burning bush like Moses, but God will get our attention in ways he knows will speak to us individually.
- God Wants Trust and Obedience. As impressed as Jacob was with the promises God gave him as he appeared at the top of the ladder to heaven, Jacob still put qualifiers in his response.
Sep 22, 2016 · Jesus connects this ladder with himself, saying in verse 51 that the angels would be moving up and down on (upon) (ἐπὶ in Greek) himself. He IS the ladder in Jacob’s dream. 7. Jesus is announcing that he is the connection between earth and heaven, between man and God.
- Bible Story of Jacob's Ladder
- Jacob's Dream of A Divine Ladder
- The Context of Genesis 28
- The Meaning of The Ladder in Jacob's Dream
- What Was Jacob’s Response?
- How Is Jesus Christ Our Ladder?
Jacob, fleeing from his brother Esau's anger after deceiving their father to obtain the blessing meant for Esau, sets out on a journey to his uncle Laban's house. As night falls, he stops at a place and takes a stone to use as a pillow. While he is sleeping, Jacob has a remarkable dream. In this dream, he envisions a ladder, or stairway, that reach...
Now, let's dive into the background of Gen. 28and the importance of this story for Christians today:
Before Jacob’s dream, the man who would become the father of the nation of Israel was on the run from his twin brother, Esau. In Genesis 25, we read that Jacob had manipulated his brother Esau into giving up his birthright as the eldest son of their father, Isaac. As it turns out, all it took was an offer of soup for a famished Esau to forfeit his ...
Alone and on the run, Jacob decided to camp out under the stars with nothing but a rock for a pillow (Genesis 28:11). Talk about a bad night’s sleep, but then the story takes a momentous turn. Scripture says, “he (Jacob) had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascend...
Having received this vision and promise from God, Jacob immediately recognized the power and providence of God, who had made himself known once again. “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it,” Jacob says (Genesis 28:16). “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven” (Genesis 2...
While this story clearly signifies the covenant made between God and Israel, many biblical scholars point to the deeper foreshadowing of the new covenant that would be forged in by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As Jacob’s Ladder represented the connection between God and men, Jesus Christ would become the spiritual connection, mediato...
Jesus presents himself as the reality to which the ladder points; as Jacob saw in a dream the reunion of Heaven and Earth, Jesus brought this reunion, metaphorically the ladder, into reality. Adam Clarke , an early 19th-century Methodist theologian and Bible scholar, elaborates:
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However, in His example, Jesus concentrates not on Jacob but on the image of the ladder or stairway reaching to heaven and angels going up and down upon it. In Jacob's story, the Lord stands above it (some think it reads "above him," Jacob), indicating both separation and superiority.
