Angels Up and Down

December 7

Isaac had a son named Jacob who was a bit of a scoundrel. After he tricked his brother out of his birthright and tricked his father out of his blessing, he had to run away. While he was on the run, he had a dream. In his dream, a ladder reached from earth to heaven and angels were going up and down the ladder. God promised Jacob he would give him the land he slept on, for himself and the nation that would come from his family.

Many years later, Jesus would say that he was the ladder, the connection between heaven and earth. (John 1:51)

Today’s Ornament – The Ladder

Today’s Bible Verse – Genesis 28:12-14

He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring."