A People For God

Read first: Genesis 28:10-15

Jacob was fleeing for his life for deceiving his brother Esau. He tricked Esau by selling his birth right for a bowl of stew. In the Middle East, patriarchal importance is highly valued. The first born normally acquires most of the rights in the family. Yet, we saw that Esau did not give much importance in his position being the firstborn. Although, this must happen to fulfill what God had said in Gen 25:23, “that the older shall serve the younger”.

Now Jacob was asked by his mom and dad (Zak and Becky) to flee to his Uncle Laban some five hundred miles away to Haran (a place in modern day Turkey), for they do not want him to marry a girl not belonging to the family line. On the way, Jacob took a stone pillow and set asleep for the night. In a dream, he saw a ladder from earth to heaven and angels of God ascending and descending through it. And the Lord appeared to him and reminded him that his descendants will be countless as dust and spreads through all the earth. And in his seed, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. The same promise given to Abraham and Isaac, was passed on to Jacob.

The Seed is the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to earth to save and bless all the families of the earth. Through Jesus Christ, any one who believes and trusts in Him will be gathered together as people for God. Those who reject Jesus Christ will belong to the Devil and his angels. God does not want to send anyone to hell, for He does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23). Because of His love for all people, He made a way for us to get back to that lost relationship with God when Adam infected every person with the deadly sin. We also know that the Ladder whom the angels ascend and descend through is the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:50-51). He bridges between heaven and earth so that everyone who dares to go through Him might pass through and escape the gulf of hell. Jesus also said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

All people who used to have no hope and no inheritance of the promise of heaven, are now welcome to apply for citizenship in heaven. The promised Seed of old, had now come and living among us. Many people are being rejected for application, entrance, residency, or citizenship in the United States, but heaven is far more greater than any other place – for it is the place where God reigns and living with His people. The best thing is, it is open for any one who acknowledges and trusts in the Seed and Ladder, who is the Lord Jesus Christ. We just need the passport of faith, and the desire to live for Him and make Jesus the Lord of our life.