Warning: God Is a Jealous God! Ezekiel 36:1–7

Of the many imaginative discourses offered by the Talmudic rabbis is one based on Genesis 28:12. Rabbi Berechiah said: “When Jacob dreamed of the ladder ascending into Heaven, he saw Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome ascend and fall.” Then God said: “Jacob, ascend thou now.” But Jacob hesitated and asked: “Will I not fall, O Lord, as they have fallen?” The Lord replied: “You shall no