PORTALS AND contact with the spirit realm are at the heart of this week’s Bible study.
First, we discuss Jacob’s dream during his journey from the Negev to Haran in northern Mesopotamia. We’ve heard the term “Jacob’s ladder,” but the underlying Hebrew word reveals that what he saw was more likely a ziggurat—the ancient Mesopotamian pyramid that represented a stairway to heaven.
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OUR BIBLE study continues with Jacob’s return to Canaan, his reunion with Esau, and the slaughter of the men of Shechem following the rape of Dinah.
We also discuss the early revelation of the Godhead–the view that God comprises more than one personage, each of whom is identified as the presence of Yahweh. See Dr. Michael Heiser’s website on the Divine Council and especially his paper “Old Testament Godhead Language” (link opens PDF document).
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