_THE PILGRIM’S VISION_ ‘And Jacob said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.’ Genesis 28:16 At Bethel Jacob gained the knowledge for himself of the real presence of a personal God. He felt that he a person, he a true living being, he a reasonable soul, stood indeed before an infin... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘HALLOWED GROUND’_ “How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’ Genesis 28:17 I. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE FRESHNESS OF JACOB’S SENSE OF RECENT SIN that made a spot so dreadful and so blessed seem to him a ‘dreadful’ place. Everything takes... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIFE’S BETHELS_ ‘He called the name of that place Bethel.’ Genesis 28:19 Jacob had _ his_ Bethel, and it came to him just at the moment when we should least have expected it, just at the time when he was smarting under the sense of his own sin, and loneliness, and outlawry. The King of Love Hims... [ Continue Reading ]