{"id":2277,"date":"2021-05-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:56:40","slug":"%e3%80%8a%e5%88%9b%e4%b8%96%e8%ae%b0%e3%80%8b%e4%b8%ad%e7%9a%84%e8%80%b6%e7%a8%a3%e4%b9%8b%e9%9b%85%e5%90%84%e7%9a%84%e5%a4%a9%e6%a2%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/bible-faith\/devotional-notes\/2021\/05\/%e3%80%8a%e5%88%9b%e4%b8%96%e8%ae%b0%e3%80%8b%e4%b8%ad%e7%9a%84%e8%80%b6%e7%a8%a3%e4%b9%8b%e9%9b%85%e5%90%84%e7%9a%84%e5%a4%a9%e6%a2%af\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ladder of Jacob: Jesus in the Book of Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On the night that Jacob fled from home after deceiving his father to get the blessing meant for his older brother Esau, he came to a place called Bethel (which means &#8220;House of God&#8221;). He took a stone for a pillow and had a dream (Genesis 28:11-22). In the dream, he saw a moving ladder\u2014in Hebrew, the ladder went up and down\u2014with angels of God ascending and descending on it. When Jacob woke up, he promised to give a tenth of all he received back to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2279\" style=\"width:768px;height:580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/\u96c5\u5404\u7684\u5929\u68af.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The law of tithing was not established until the time of Moses. Jacob&#8217;s offering of a tenth was a bargain he was trying to make with God: &#8220;If you bring me back home safely, then I will give you a tenth.&#8221; In reality, humans cannot make covenants with God; a covenant is something God initiates with humans. Jacob would learn this lesson the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Centuries later, Jesus met a man named Nathanael and said to him, &#8220;I saw you while you were still under the fig tree, you are a Jew, and there is no deceit in your heart; you are a true Israelite.&#8221; Nathanael asked, &#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; He did not deny what Jesus said. Then Jesus told him, &#8220;You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that. I tell you the truth, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man&#8221; (John 1:50-51).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jesus is Jacob&#8217;s ladder, the ladder that connects heaven and earth. &#8220;I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me&#8221; (John 14:6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>(Compiled and edited based on the Chinese Union Version and recordings from David Pawson&#8217;s &#8220;Unlocking the Old Testament&#8221; series.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night that Jacob fled from home after deceiving his father to get the blessing meant for his older brother Esau, he came to a place called Bethel (which means &#8220;House of God&#8221;). He took a stone for a pillow and had a dream (Genesis 28:11-22). 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