Jacobs Ladder

by Danielle Rosaria

Title

Jacobs Ladder

Artist

Danielle Rosaria

Medium

Mixed Media - Oil Pastel And Pencil On Paper, Acrylic Paint And Wood

Description

We had just read this mysterious Old Testament passage at church and the image stayed with me. This mixed media rather sculptural image is what resulted. The angels are depicted going up and down the ladder. Each angel looks different for they are all unique as are human beings and their individual characters are even more distinct. If you look closely you cans see that the angels are speaking. “Angel” means messenger and good angels are messengers of God. Here is the Bible passage that this image comes from:

Genesis 28:10-19 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed that there was a ladder[a] set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And the Lord stood beside him[b] and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; 14 and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed[c] in you and in your offspring. 15 Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!” 17 And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

18 So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel;[d] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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September 30th, 2019

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