Between a Rock and a Hard Place

This week, we have the classic Sunday School story of Jacob's Ladder and it's a little darker than normally taught to the kids.  Jacob comes from a very messy, dysfunctional family and flees because his brother Esau literally wants to kill him.  His mother Rebecca schemes and misrepresents the situation to her husband Isaac.  Isaac in turn sends Jacob away- Jacob who longs for a relationship with his father is sent away- to Uncle Laban to take a wife.  Bible scholar Bruce Waltke describes the situation so well: “Back in Beersheba, Esau lies in wait like an angry lion.  Ahead in Haran, Laban waits with his spider web to trap and suck the life from his victims.”  Jacob is between a rock and a hard place!  Then, Jacob has a dream that changes everything.  Come to New King on Sunday to see what happens!