Ascending Jacob's Ladder

Ascending Jacob's Ladder
Author: Ronald H. Isaacs
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780765759658

The Jewish view of Satan - which greatly differs from the "devil" image that pervades Western culture, fallen angels, demons, the Angel of Death, spirits, and evil forces, are also explained. A handy "Who's Who" directory provides a quick reference to the most well-known and often quoted angels and demons in Jewish tradition.

God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know

God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know
Author: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-07-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580234887

Selected as a Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) “Significant Jewish Book” Jacob was running away from home. One night he lay down in the wilderness to sleep and had one of the great mystical experiences of Western religion. He dreamed there was a ladder, with angels ascending and descending, stretched between heaven and earth. For thousands of years, people have tried to overhear what the messengers came down to tell Jacob, and us. Now in a daring blend of scholarship and imagination, psychology and history, Lawrence Kushner gathers an inspiring range of interpretations of Genesis 28:16 given by sages, from Shmuel bar Nachmani in third-century Palestine to Hannah Rachel Werbermacher of Ludomir who lived in Poland two hundred years ago. Through a fascinating new literary genre and Kushner’s creative reconstruction of the teachers’ lives and times, we enter the study halls and sit at the feet of these spiritual masters to learn what each discovered about God’s Self and ourselves as they ascend and descend Jacob’s ladder. In this illuminating journey, our spiritual guides ask and answer the fundamental questions of human experience: Who am I? Who is God? What is God’s role in history? What is the nature of evil? How should I relate to God and other people? Could the universe really have a self? Rabbi Lawrence Kushner brilliantly reclaims a millennium of Jewish spirituality for contemporary seekers of all faiths and backgrounds. God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know is about God and about you; it is about discovering God’s place in the universe, and yours.

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success
Author: John Adair
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2011-12-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857081403

Everything You Need to Succeed in Business...in an Instant. John Adair’s 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success is your definitive code to getting it right at work, covering personal effectiveness and self-management, right through to profile-building and strategic thinking. Inside you will find: 15 Greatest Ideas for Effective Thinking Skills 7 Greatest Ideas for Getting on with People 6 Greatest Ideas for Effective Daily Work 7 Greatest Ideas for Better Communication 15 Greatest Ideas for Finding the Work you Love ...and 50 other fantastic ideas, tips and tricks that will give you the confidence, answers, and inspiration you need to succeed.

On the Apostolic Preaching

On the Apostolic Preaching
Author: Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780881411744

St Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all future Christian thinkers. Irenaeus tells us that he had known Polycarp, who had himself known the apostles and been appointed by them as the bishop of the church of Smyrna. This direct contact with the immediate successors of the apostles was of importance for Irenaeus in his later defense of Christian practice and teaching. In this work Against the Heresies, he was the first to utilize the full range of apostolic writings in his controversy with the Gnostics and others. Uniting, for the first time, the whole history of God's activity in one all-encompassing divine economy, Irenaeus demonstrates that there is but one God, who has made Himself known through His one Son, Jesus Christ, by the one Holy Spirit, to the one human race, bringing His creatures made from mud into the intimacy of communion with Himself.

Our High Calling

Our High Calling
Author: Ellen Gould Harmon White
Publisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2000
Genre: Devotional calendars
ISBN: 9780828015011

Who Is God?

Who Is God?
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781540961907

Internationally respected scholar Richard Bauckham offers a brief, engaging study of divine revelation in Scripture. He probes the deep meaning of well-known moments in the biblical story in order to address the key question the Bible is designed to answer: Who is God? Accessible for laypeople and important to scholars, this volume begins by exploring three key events in the Bible in which God is revealed: Jacob's dream at Bethel (the revelation of the divine presence), Moses at the burning bush (the revelation of the divine Name), and Moses on Mount Sinai (the revelation of the divine character). In each case, Bauckham traces these themes through the rest of Scripture. He then shows how the New Testament builds on the Old by exploring three revelatory events in Mark's Gospel, events that reveal the Trinity: Jesus's baptism, transfiguration, and crucifixion. This book is based on the Frumentius Lectures for 2015 at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa and on the Hayward Lectures for 2018 at Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia.

The Final Ascension of Jacob's Ladder : Book III in Ascending Jacob's Ladder Series

The Final Ascension of Jacob's Ladder : Book III in Ascending Jacob's Ladder Series
Author: Mark James Foster
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
Total Pages: 278
Release: 202-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1637282664

The Final Ascension of Jacob's Ladder Book III in Ascending Jacob's Ladder Series The Final Ascension of Jacob's Ladder is the last book of this series. It encompasses the last and final section of dream interpretations given. It brings out how vital and essential it is to pay attention to the symbols of our dreamscapes. Dreams and visions are several ways we receive answers to our questions that we place before the Savior in faith, knowing that as we ask and seek, he will show us the answer to the questions we have regarding the gospel of Jesus Christ and life's problems and solutions. Through these final dreams and visions, we can see that we are upwardly taught. By being initiated with simple symbols of dreams into a complex system that aids us in understanding the Lord's mind. You will find as you read these last and final parables containing the many metaphors and anecdotes that will cause your mind to ponder on the final climactic visionary ending. These parables are meant for us to understand the complexities buried deep within the tropes presented before us. Never doubt the wisdom and knowledge of the Lord, for He will allow you to grow in degrees. You should be aware that we, mortals, can only learn line upon line, precept upon precept, which means that when we read one sentence, the meaning immediately becomes clear to us. We are then given another sentence, and the cycle goes on. As we follow this process, that single paragraph becomes clearer to us. This process then allows us to understand paragraph after paragraph; we can then move upward and onward until we understand the entire book. During these times, we learn the same way as our Savior, which is grace upon grace. However, remember that for us mortals, learning a single grace can take an entire lifetime to discover. Never be discouraged by someone who learns faster. This does not mean that they have been given more talents than you, it means that each of our abilities are different; and each of those capabilities are intended to be discovered on our own. Enjoy each of the parables for the there is great truth within them. And remember that the last one is unforgettable in nature and wisdom. Everyone on earth has a full and attended purpose, pay heed to the spirit of prayer and fasting and you will discover yours.