Tag: bethel

  • A Temporary Throne – 42

    CHAPTER 42 Genesis 35: 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So…

  • A Temporary Throne – 41

    CHAPTER 41 I then saw a tree, beside where the man Jacob stood, before his journey to the time, place and altar the LORD had just revealed. Genesis 35:2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and…

  • A Temporary Throne – 40

    CHAPTER 40 Genesis 35:1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” The LORD then showed me a heap of stones that reminded me of the stone fireplace my grandfather had built with…

  • A Temporary Throne – 39

    The LORD lifted me slowly above the hills of Gilead. I say ‘slowly,’ by comparison to my instantaneous placement from the clouds of glory to the Throne and transport to places near and far. Yet beneath us I observed the place in a way not visible in the print of Genesis. As the families of…