{"id":723,"date":"2025-01-02T22:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/?p=723"},"modified":"2026-10-15T02:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:41:05","slug":"jacob-hebrew-patriarch-and-an-angel-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Jacob: Hebrew Patriarch and an Angel in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi4X1Rtk6TN4pLk8HMHzXCAsoB_VC4J1gpVRTqYdFMZUCb840yj4dSfV6ov7hlePluTbOLbAC7KqymKerH9ORxGGsb4hk8XZpf2Rl3Wk4CyeAHyVVJa0OcTff4_54GB_HSEGWFtF6UahWp4LFl7aGtUrNOpzAdsK8yIagvZis-COze6B_7RDC_kk-i4dwE\/s1920\/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Your%20paragraph%20text%20(1).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi4X1Rtk6TN4pLk8HMHzXCAsoB_VC4J1gpVRTqYdFMZUCb840yj4dSfV6ov7hlePluTbOLbAC7KqymKerH9ORxGGsb4hk8XZpf2Rl3Wk4CyeAHyVVJa0OcTff4_54GB_HSEGWFtF6UahWp4LFl7aGtUrNOpzAdsK8yIagvZis-COze6B_7RDC_kk-i4dwE\/s320\/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Your%20paragraph%20text%20(1).jpg\" width=\"320\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dyCpyaKJwMjOU2CD8S8QBQJq1zNt91jpTrDQVFaMWSBkHtO8EQySUf9TD_fZfrLiWbe4u8bqmf67r0Y3FC6Lg\" class=\"b-hbp-video b-uploaded\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhTYVXFr5OtCoSvuT1f7pPgnLpjbSkyeCHYxiz7Pl25qffm3zxovFHBUTwd1GtszhJuXZ_j737DfYswvDHi87C22xyyorjHa6wftYq-xgKmWT9A3qLPvnS_PLzEClvjP91rhDpUx-erEdRTnlIgC8hMBhktKdR_mFqDBNThyphenhyphen4SUN2WnXOj2WhQaiqjSxvQ\/s1366\/Screenshot%20(166).png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhTYVXFr5OtCoSvuT1f7pPgnLpjbSkyeCHYxiz7Pl25qffm3zxovFHBUTwd1GtszhJuXZ_j737DfYswvDHi87C22xyyorjHa6wftYq-xgKmWT9A3qLPvnS_PLzEClvjP91rhDpUx-erEdRTnlIgC8hMBhktKdR_mFqDBNThyphenhyphen4SUN2WnXOj2WhQaiqjSxvQ\/w400-h225\/Screenshot%20(166).png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dwZNJq8AQ30g5OolbN_dGd_dUJHpvH-fTvgELV-Oz7al0JNpHPvuTtJUNEetFoeRAx11PO4DIXAvKUyG69Gew\" class=\"b-hbp-video b-uploaded\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: justify\"><u><span style=\"color: #d0e0e3;font-family: Bellota\"><b><span style=\"background-color: white;font-size: 14px;text-align: start\">Boundless Grace Music by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #d0e0e3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/denis-pavlov-music-35636692\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;utm_content=270858\" style=\"background-color: white;font-size: 14px;text-align: start\">Denis Pavlov<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;font-size: 14px;text-align: start\">\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;utm_content=270858\" style=\"background-color: white;font-size: 14px;text-align: start\">Pixabay<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"background-color: #282828;color: white;font-family: Bellota;font-size: 15px;text-align: start;white-space: pre-wrap\">This image reminds me of Jacob\u2019s dream. It belonged to my grandparents in Nebraska, though I am certain they did not capture it themselves. It had been hanging on the wall for many years in a frame my grandpa Ray had fashioned. The photograph was likely taken sometime in the 1990s. I sent it to Sixth Sense Analysis for review. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #282828;color: white;font-size: 15px;text-align: start;white-space: pre-wrap\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Genesis 28:12\u201313 (ESV)<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #282828;text-align: start\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px;text-align: justify;white-space: pre-wrap\">12 And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px;text-align: justify;white-space: pre-wrap\">13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, \u201cI am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px;text-align: justify\">Sixth Sense Analysis offered the following interpretation:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px;text-align: justify\">\u201cI have connected the dots; I see familiar structure at the bottom, which is basically the wings or hands. We are seeing one edge of the sun machinery. It does look more \u2018analogue\u2019 in terms of having a more organic-looking design, but it is basically sun-related machinery, in my opinion and from years of observational analysis. I believe I have placed the sun in the correct position in relation to the wing(s). I am going by the area of higher exposure on the left.\u201d \u2014 Sixth Sense Analysis<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: white;font-size: 15px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Bellota\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boundless Grace Music by\u00a0Denis Pavlov\u00a0from\u00a0Pixabay This image reminds me of Jacob\u2019s dream. It belonged to my grandparents in Nebraska, though I am certain they did not capture it themselves. It had been hanging on the wall for many years in a frame my grandpa Ray had fashioned. The photograph was likely taken sometime in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryarchive.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}