This might be an episode you have to listen to twice.

Something really caught my eye as I was reading through my Bible a few months ago, and digging into it has revealed a few things to me about the spiritual realm and how spiritual beings such as angels and demons can have access to our lives here on earth.

So I was reading about Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28, and how this location where he had his dream had the name changed from Luz to Bethel. If you have read Genesis or studied Jacob’s life, you’re probably familiar with this dream. It’s when he saw a ladder or stairway to heaven with the angels going up and down on it.

And when Jacob wakes up, he makes this statement in

Verse 17

“How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Something I’ve read over dozens of times before, but this time that phrase “the gate of heaven” really stood out to me. Because I wondered precisely what that means that this somewhat random location on earth was declared to be the gate of heaven. 

Even more curiously to me, this is the only time in the entire Bible that the phrase “Gate of Heaven” is used.

I found that weird, and so I set out to explore why it’s in the Bible. And today I’ll give you my theories on that.

Turn to Genesis 28, and let’s get weird.

0:00 - Genesis 28 and Jacob’s Dream

6:45 - My Previous Theory of Higher-Dimensional Beings

12:45 - Let’s Throw Some Bible Into It

15:40 - Next Time

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