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Then he said, 
"Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God  ascending and descending  on the Son of Man."
John 1:51 CSB
Jesus tells Nathanael the best is yet to come and then throws this in.
This seems to be a direct reference to Genesis 28 and Jacobs dream.
In that dream standing next to Jacob, giving him a promise was Yahweh.
God himself.
Perhaps he wanted Nathanael (& us) to know that God is close.
Right here.
That he is the God of that promise.
Here it is:

Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. 
I will bring you back to this land, 
for I 
will not 
leave you 
until I have done what I have promised you.
Genesis 28:15 CSB

I'm with you.
I'm here to fulfill this promise.
That ladder that joins heaven and earth, you don't see it yet, but it's me. 
And the way this promise gets fulfilled is not with spectacular power, but in sacrificial giving.
It's fulfilled by way of the cross.
I so easily connect the best is yet to come with my comfort. What's good for me.
For Jesus it was never that.
It was sacrificial love.
When we see that sacrificial love in a story, a movie, in someone's life, we get a glimpse of the face of God.
Our God who is near.
Who is at work.
Who has promised.
Who will restore.
Who does Love.
Who is Love 
#sunday
#worship
#thisisourGod

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