Trailer Jacob's Ladder. Clip Jacob's Ladder Anniversary Mashup. Photos Top cast Edit. Tim Robbins Jacob as Jacob. Danny Aiello Louis as Louis. Matt Craven Michael as Michael. Pruitt Taylor Vince Paul as Paul. Jason Alexander Geary as Geary. Patricia Kalember Sarah as Sarah. Eriq La Salle Frank as Frank. Ving Rhames George as George. Brian Tarantina Doug as Doug.
Anthony Alessandro Rod as Rod. Brent Hinkley Jerry as Jerry. Epatha Merkerson Elsa as Elsa. Jan Saint Santa as Santa. Adrian Lyne. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Jacob Singer is trying to make sense of his fractured life and memories. Plagued by hallucinations, flashbacks, and conspiracies, he struggles down a path to enlightenment from these manic strains. And he dreamed and behold a ladder stationed on the earth and its top reaches the sky, and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
A midrash in the medieval collection on the Book of Genesis , Bereishit Rabbah, interpreted verse 12 as follows:. And behold a ladder—this is the incline [leading to the Temple altar]. And behold the angels of God—these are the high priests. Ascending and descending on it—that is, they ascend and descend on the incline. This midrash describes two possibilities for linking the earth to the heaven: the world of the altar, the Temple, and sacrifice on the one hand, and the world of revelation at Sinai on the other.
We can see these two sets of images as symbols for, respectively, historical and mythological reality. But the Rabbis of the talmudic and post-talmudic periods, having lived after both the revelation at Sinai and the destruction of the Temple , lacked an experiential and spiritual connection to either. Any connection to God must begin with him. Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Jacob, later renamed Israel, would go on to marry and father 12 sons who would become the 12 tribes of Israel. Having received this vision and promise from God, Jacob immediately recognizes the power and providence of God, who had made himself known once again.
Jacob goes on to build an altar, using the stone he had used for a pillar to dedicate that place to the Lord. He then responds,. While this story clearly signifies the covenant made between God and Israel, many biblical scholars point to the deeper foreshadowing of the new covenant that would be forged in by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance — now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant Hebrews Jesus Christ, however, as the new ladder and mediator, would initiate a new, spiritual covenant made available to everyone.
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