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Ladder: stairway or ramp, no specific purpose for angels (messengers). God speaks directly to Jacob, giving a blessing, fulfilling wish of Isaac, noted prior to Jacob's departure. Promises God's direct presence (even more than Isaac asked), a connection between heaven and earth.
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www.synodresourcecenter.org/edu/congregation/small_groups/0001/jacobs_ladder_BS.html
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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. Recommended Resource: Bible Answers for Almost all Your Questions by Elmer Towns.
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www.gotquestions.org/Jacobs-ladder.html
www.gotquestions.org/Jacobs-ladder.html
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Summary: The story of Jacob's ladder gives us an example of how Jesus became the mediator between God and man. ... Jesus became Jacob's ladder, the pathway to God. Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. The only way to heaven is by faith in Jesus.
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www.childrensermons.com/sermons/ladder.htm
www.childrensermons.com/sermons/ladder.htm
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WHAT IS THE BIBLE? ... JACOB'S LADDER; Culture ... Egyptian links; The vision of a ladder to heaven is not unique to Jacob; Egyptian pyramid texts show a dead pharaoh ascending to his mother Nut on a ladder.
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www.culham.ac.uk/biblos/teaching/module1_cul.php
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JACOB'S LADDER; Theological Issues ... This is an important theme throughout the Bible. God's purpose is to bless and restore. So Jacob, in spite of his wilfulness, is caught up in God's purposes and plays the part destined for him. He has to be recreated as Israel.
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www.culham.ac.uk/biblos/teaching/module1_theo.php
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A Great Lesson to Humanity-Jacob's Ladder. ... Jacob's ladder is one of the greatest lessons to mankind for his search in secreting life. The ladder represents reaching to greater things by processions and each stage, or rung on the ladder, takes us to the next and has significance to get us from point to point until we...
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www.angelfire.com/ms/coolfreebies/jacobsladder.html
www.angelfire.com/ms/coolfreebies/jacobsladder.html
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Links to images of Jacob's Ladder; ... Untitled--study for Climbing Jacob's Ladder, William H. Johnson ca. 1939. Smithsonian American Art Museum. ... Jacob's Ladder, contemporary statue. Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum.
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www.textweek.com/art/jacob_ladder.htm
www.textweek.com/art/jacob_ladder.htm
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In any case, this passage is so obscure that English speakers have been able to apply the phrase "Jacob's ladder" to a wide variety of items, none of them having anything to do with Jacob or even the Bible.
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www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/brush_excerpts/brush_...
www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/brush_excerpts/brush_20031022.shtml
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Blasphemy: chapter 39 - Jacob's Ladder ... It reminded him of the picture from his Children's Bible in the story of Jacob. As a young man, Jacob fled his home after stealing the blessing meant for Esau, his older brother, from his blind father, by lying and pretending to be Esau.
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www.rtraer.com/Parables/Blasphemy/b39ladder.htm
www.rtraer.com/Parables/Blasphemy/b39ladder.htm
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