Genesis 28

Genesis 28:16 NKJV

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.”

In the New Covenant we have with Jesus the Messiah, God is in us, not in a place on Earth, for us even to make a pilgrimage to. As He says through the prophet Amos, seek Him and live, not where He has been or was. He is Immanuel, God with us.

When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Phillipi which was in turmoil, he encouraged them to rejoice in the Lord always because theLord is at hand. He was in prison, persecuted for the Gospel, when he wrote this.

 (Amos 5:4-6 NKJV For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live; [5] But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing. [6] Seek the LORD and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel

Philippians 4:4-5 NKJV Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! [5] Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.)

Romans 15:13 NKJV Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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