Genesis 28.16 -- And Jacob awakened from his sleep, and he said, "Indeed, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know [it]."
Jacob dreamed of a "gate to heaven." He dreamed of a ladder set up on the ground and its top reached to heaven. He saw angels ascending and descending upon it, and God standing over him. In that Place, Jacob set the stone, that he had placed at his head, as a monument. Jacob annointed the Rock and he renamed that Place to Bet -El (House of God) and the Rock marked the gate, a door, to heaven.
We get the word "Jew" from the Hebrew word Yehudi, which means "descendant of Judah" The word Yehuda is spelled יהודה in Hebrew. The unspoken name of God is spelled יְהֹוָה. Notice how close the spellings are. The only difference is the letter "dalet." Dalet דלת is the word for a gate, a door.
Judaism is built on faith in the Rock of Salvation. King David said in Psalm 18:2 -- The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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Psalm 122:1-2 (ESV) -- I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
The Christian faith is built on the same metaphorical Rock. Yeshua, Salvation, gave us something more solid, in terms of proof of the Christian scriptures, than a dream. He gave us undeniable and indisputable evidence of his resurrection.
Yeshua left us his own burial Linen-cloth and hankerchief which TESTIFY FOR HIM of his crucifixion, time in the tomb and ressurection. The Shroud of Jesus is a miracle of a miracle, preserved for today so that all can see, understand and believe like the Apostle John exclaimed:
John 20:8-9 (ESV) -- Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55
If there was no ressurection, there is no Gospel, thus no "Good news." Without the ressurection, Jesus is another false prophet. The faith of billions of Christians over the last 2000 years rests on the validity of that monumental event.
Furthermore, if Yeshua didn't rise from the dead, anyone testifying of Jesus speaks of a blasphemous man.
1 Corinthians 15:15 (KJV) -- Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
By the same token, evidence of the ressurection is proof of the Truth. Proof of the ressurection is proof of the Christ. If the ressurection is true, hope in Salvation is built on a solid Rock.
Matthew 7:24-25 (ESV) -- Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
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