Bibledoorajar Follows Jacob as He Goes Out

     "Jacob went out from Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. He came to a certain place and stayed the night there, because the sun had set. He took a stone from the place, put it under his head and lay down to sleep." Gen. 28:10-11

      The exile is tired and weary and darkness has come upon him. He is alone and succumbing to sleep in a place away from his father's home. He has a dream; it is a confirmation dream of sorts for a lonely exile. The dream was God's superlative way of reassuring this unlikely and deceitful man that God intended to help him from His place of authority and power in Heaven. Here's the dream from Gen. 28:12 ff.

      "He dreamt that there before him was a ladder resting on the ground with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of the Lord were going up and down on it. Then suddenly the Lord was standing there next to him and He said, I and the Lord, the God of Abraham your (grand)father and the God of Isaac.
The land on which you are lying I will give to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as the grains of just on the earth. You will expand to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. By you and your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed. Look, I AM WITH YOU. I will guard you wherever you go, and I will bring you back into this land, because I WON'T LEAVE YOU UNTIL I HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVE PROMISED YOU."

What a great confirmation to a sinful man. Here was the message: You have much to learn through many experiences but here is a promise you can cling to.