Jacob's Ladder

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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# 36 - Jacob's Ladder - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jacob, fleeing from his past, encounters a divine vision of a stairway to heaven. This episode explores the profound spiritual moment where Jacob realizes God's presence is with him, transforming an ordinary place into the sacred Bethel, and marking the beginning of his deeper connection with God.Episode 36 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Genesis.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Genesis 28:17, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People.
0:04.0	No games, Jacob. Tell me what you've been scheming.
0:07.9	I don't scheme. I prepare. Scheming makes me sound so villainous. I love this family,
0:16.0	and I would never jeopardize it for my own gain.
0:19.4	When you go in there, do not play like a child.
0:23.0	Be a man and seize what's yours.
0:25.7	And when you finally have it,
0:27.6	accept whatever comes after with courage.
0:32.5	Esau?
0:33.9	Yes, I have done and you told me and killed deer.
0:39.7	Eat my game and bless me.
0:50.0	May God give you the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
0:57.1	May people and nations bow down to you and serve you.
1:06.1	You will be Lord over your brothers, and your mother's son will bend a knee to you.
1:18.6	The words were a final seal, a decisive declaration that Jacob was now the inheritor of Isaac's promise, passed down from Abraham. Through Jacob, the blessing of God Most High would endure.
1:33.3	I will hunt and kill him like this day.
1:37.3	Esau stormed out of the tent and looked around.
1:41.3	His eyes narrowed with a hunter's intensity. He grabbed his bow and arrow, searching frantically for his twin. Panic
1:47.1	jabbed at Jacob's legs. He was shaking, agitated, ready to run.
1:52.5	What do I do, mother? What do I do, mother? What do I do, mother? Tell me what to do.
1:58.4	Flea to Laban. My brother, in Heron.
2:01.5	You can stay with him until your brother's fury dolls.
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