"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go."GENESIS 28:15+Safe and SoundThis should be applied to our use, in order that we may acknowledge the magnitude of God's grace, which has been r...  Read More

"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go."GENESIS 28:15+Shield and ProtectionThis is a twofold promise concerning the Seed of Jacob, in whom all the nations of the earth are to be bles...  Read More

"In you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed."GENESIS 28:14+Certainty of the Blessing[God] means to say: "Not only will you possess the land in which you are sleeping, but...  Read More

"I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac... In you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed."GENESIS 28:13-14+Our Lord, True ManThe Gospel concernin...  Read More

And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!GENESIS 28:12+The Angels of God[Christ] did all this for us. He descended into hell and ascended into heaven. This sight the angels en...  Read More

And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!GENESIS 28:12+Angels Ascending and DescendingWhat is this ascent and descent? I reply that it is this very mystery that in one and the...  Read More

And [Jacob] dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.GENESIS 28:12+A Ladder to Heaven[When Philip brings Nathanael to Christ, Christ says, John ...  Read More

[Jacob] came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.GENESIS 28:11+...  Read More

"God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples."GENESIS 28:3+The Immediacy of the BlessingAbove Isaac gave blessings to his son Jacob. These h...  Read More

Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, .... "Take as your wife . . . one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother."GENESIS 28:1-2+The Twofold Purpose of MarriageChristians should ...  Read More

[Rebecca said,] “Arise, flee."GENESIS 27:43 4+The Promised Glory Will FollowOne learns by experience how difficult and full of trials it is to leave parents, a blessing, and an inheritance, and to fle...  Read More

[Rebecca said to Jacob,] “Arise, flee."GENESIS 27:43+Live by FaithThis, then, is one of the wonderful examples of the divine government by which God shows that He requires confidence in His Word and p...  Read More