This is going to be an in depth study about the identity of Jesus Christ.....as per both testaments. I will be drawing a parallel between Gen. 28 and John 1
Jacob's ladder...
Gen. 28:12 And he (Jacob) dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
In Hebrew it reads like this...
וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים, עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֹ
The last word in Hebrew translated as "on it" is actually "in Him."
So the correct Hebrew sentence should read... and behold the angels of God ascending and descending in Him.
Now we know that Jesus is the door......but the door to what? To heaven!
Notice the parallel to the Genesis account with what Jesus says...
John 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Notice that the ladder to heaven and the door to heaven are IN Jesus Christ.
Gen. 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
כִּי אִם-בֵּית אֱלֹהִים, וְזֶה, שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמָיִם
Jesus is both the house of God AND the gate of heaven.
Jacob's ladder...
Gen. 28:12 And he (Jacob) dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
In Hebrew it reads like this...
וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים, עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֹ
The last word in Hebrew translated as "on it" is actually "in Him."
So the correct Hebrew sentence should read... and behold the angels of God ascending and descending in Him.
Now we know that Jesus is the door......but the door to what? To heaven!
Notice the parallel to the Genesis account with what Jesus says...
John 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Notice that the ladder to heaven and the door to heaven are IN Jesus Christ.
Gen. 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
כִּי אִם-בֵּית אֱלֹהִים, וְזֶה, שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמָיִם
Jesus is both the house of God AND the gate of heaven.
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