CHAPTER 17: JACOB’S LADDER AS PART OF THE OTW DOCTRINE

CHAPTER 17: JACOB’S LADDER AS PART OF THE OTW DOCTRINE

The Doctrine of the OTW uses Jacob and his ladder experience as another prop for its ideology. It is taught by the Doctrine of the OTW that Jacob knew Jesus as the Messiah. The doctrine falsely teaches that Jacob met Jesus during the time of Jacob's vision of the ladder and his worrisome night sleeping on the rocks for a pillow:

Genesis 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 28;12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

The Doctrine of the OTW teachers have taught that Jacob had a similar private and secret conversation, like Moses, with Jesus about the standards of "living up to the minute" and the “pre-resurrection” of Matthew 27:52-53.

However, the only conversation recorded with Jacob in Genesis 28 doesn't mention this information in any type of conversation!

Genesis 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Genesis 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Genesis 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

The Doctrine of the OTW includes all the prophets and other worthies of the Old Testament who were knowledgeable about the pre-resurrection and First Resurrection.

It is also taught that some of these prophets and worthies may not have had their own personal experience with Jesus, but according to the OTW doctrine, they were taught about Jesus and the pre-resurrection by word of mouth passed from teacher to teacher, believer to believer secretly to only those worthy.

The doctrine of the Old Testament was somehow kept a secret from those millions of Israelites who were not worthy of knowing about Jesus.

Knowing the secret of a pre-resurrection and the secret of a First Resurrection of Jesus would be an example of elitism, which is what wholesale predestination is all about.

Excluding the general body of believers from any known knowledge of God or His Son is in direct conflict with the scriptures concerning impartial treatment of God and the just living by faith.

Secrecy plays a huge part in the structural foundation of the Doctrine of the OTW.