The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Genesis 28:12-15,
“He [Jacob] had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: ‘I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’”
Here, where Jacob has his dream, the Lord expresses his commitment to the promise he originally gave his grandfather, Abraham. Through Jacob all peoples on earth will be blessed. It will be through Jacob’s offspring that the Messiah will come as the Savior of mankind. All who will embrace him in faith will be rescued from darkness and brought into the wonderful light of the glory of God.
I am reminded of Isaiah 9:2, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” It will be through the blood-line of Jacob and his offspring that the Messiah will come into the world. That precious blood-line became the life-line for all mankind!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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