The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 28:10-13, “Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
11 He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set;
and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay
down in that place.
12 He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching
to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of your
father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to
you and to your descendants.”

Most of you readers know what it is to travel. Fewer of us know what it is to travel,
become tired, and have no place where we can rest. It was somewhat like that with
Jacob. He knew where he had been and knew where he was going, but there was
no immediate place where he could comfortably rest. So, he found a stone that
could be used as a support his head, and he laid down and slept.

While Jacob slept, he had a dream. He dreamed of a ladder that reached from
earth to heaven on which a myriad of angels were ascending and descending.
Interestinglly enough, this is the only place in the Bible where the word ladder is
mentioned. In contrast, the word “dream” is mentioned more than 100 times.

In the Book of Revelation (21:24ff), we discover a four-square, cubical City that
measures 1500 miles by 1500 miles by 1500 miles. What’s more, the nations of
the Earth will “walk by its light, and the kings of the Earth will bring their glory
into it. And the gates of that City will never be closed.

Could it be that Jacob’s dream was of that Eternal City revealed in the Book of
Revelation? I believe it was. The Scriptures teach that those who have received
the LORD Jesus Christ will dwell with Him forever in dwellings He has prepared
for them. The big question is: Have you received Jesus as your LORD and Savior?
Every day brings us one day closer to the end of this life as we know it. We must
be prepared for eternity!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom