“He had a vision in a dream. A ladder was
standing on the ground, its top reaching up towards heaven as Divine angels
were going up and down on it.” (Genesis 28:12)
The image on the book cover is based upon a
serigraph in the collection of the Israel Museum that was created in Jerusalem
by the book’s author.
It shows digitized Rembrandt angels ascending from a NASA satellite
image of the Land of Israel while emerging from a smartphone. It illustrates the biblical commentary that
the angels in Jacob’s dream go up from the Land of Israel and come down to
earth throughout the world. A smartphone
has the power to make this vision a reality.
The angels carry a message to each of
the 70 biblical nations populated by the descendants of Noah that God
“separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to
their families, into their nations” (Genesis 10: 5). They convey God’s message that the nations of
the world are not meant to speak one language as in the disastrous Tower of
Babel episode. Each nation has its
unique and distinct voice to contribute to the grand planetary choir singing
God’s praise.
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| "Angels Ascending from the Land of Israel," in the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem |
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