Long before the Incarnation, Scripture gave us signs — and Jacob’s ladder is one of the clearest glimpses of the Word made ...

Angels, spiritual beings of great might, do not need physical tools or means of transition. Instead, the ladder is a metaphor for the path every one of Jacob’s descendants will walk throughout ...

Jacob, the son of Isaac, sees in a dream a staircase, the base of which rests on the earth, and the top reaches heaven; angels ascend and descend on it. Every step of the ladder and every movement ...

"The biblical story of Jacob's dream, in which he lays his head upon a stone and dreams of a ladder reaching up to heaven, is the inspiration behind this garden. Through gardening many people find ...