The Well Eternal

Reflections on Messiah

"Jacob left Beersheba, and he traveled towards Haran. And when he came to a certain place, he spent the night there. He took one of the stones, put it under his head, and he dosed off. Jacob had a dream in which he saw a stairway (or ladder) set up on the earth, with its top reaching up to the heavens. On it, he saw the angels of God ascending-up and descending-down." (Genesis 28: 10-12)

Above the top-rung stood the LORD.

"I AM the LORD, the God of your father Abraham, and of Isaac. I (the LORD) will give you, and your descendants, the land upon which you now lay. In you and your descendants all the families of the earth will find blessing. I AM with you; and I will watch over (protect) you wherever you go." (Genesis 28: 14-15)

Now, fast forward to the arrival of the Messiah.

"Philip (who was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter) found Nathaniel, and told him, 'We have found the one about whom Moses wrote about in the Torah, also the Prophets-it's Yeshua Ben-Yosef from Nazareth!" (John 1: 45)

Nathaniel's response to news about the Messiah illustrates how presumptuous human nature can be. Nathaniel assumed nothing of value could possibly come from the sleepy "backwards" village of Nazareth. "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

"Philip answered, 'Come and see.'" (John 1: 46)

Those with "eyes of faith" witness Jacob's Ladder, personified.

Yeshua said;

"Truly, truly I tell you, you'll see heaven open, and the angels of God going up (ascending) and descending on the Son of Man." (John 1: 51)