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Jacob’s ladder vs. Babel’s tower: Choose what’s true; reject what’s false (Genesis 28)

Post author By Jeff
Post date December 3, 2022
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Jacob's ladder vs. Babel's tower: Choose what's true. Reject what's false. (Genesis 11 and 28; John 1)

Ever since the beginning, people have been trying to connect with the divine, that which transcends the drudgery of the common, that which helps us divine truth from falsehood.

The account of Jacob’s ladder in the Torah reading ויצא Vayetze/Vayetzei (“he went out,” Gen. 28:10–32:2) is a foreshadowing of Heaven reaching to Earth in Immanuel (“God with us”), Who is fully realized in Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus).

Tags Babel, Genesis 03, Genesis 11, Genesis 28, Jacob's ladder, John 01, Parashat Vayetze, Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Tree of Life

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Genesis 11: God confounds the united nations of Nimrod

Post author By Richard
Post date December 1, 2012
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Just as Nimrod tried to unite people into one nation whose evil inclinations are propelled by endless innovation, people will try to unite again. Just as God confounded Nimrod’s confederation, God will confound the Babylonian confederation again. This is one of the lessons of the book of Revelation.