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Below is a page taken out of my book "The Layman's Bible Handbook" which I have spent nearly ten years in researching, writing, and editing. The book covers more than 1300 Biblical topics. Unfortunately, it will probably never be published. I am not what you might call a "mainstream" Christian, and many of the topic explanations included in the book do not fit neatly into traditional mainstream views. Most publishers would not want to touch this book, and even if they did, I am of the opinion that Biblical truth should not be distributed and sold "for profit" (Freely ye have received, freely give" - Matt. 10:8) so I am not looking to "make a killing" on my handbook. In reality, it was written and put together for my own benefit, and the benefit of my family. Some day I would love to distribute it to the general public free of charge. Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
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The account of Jacob's pillar stone begins in Genesis 28. Jacob had received the blessing from Isaac, and had been instructed to go to Laban to obtain a wife. On his journey toward Padan-aram he came to the out-skirts of the town of Luz, where he camped for the night. "And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones (plural) of that place, and took them for his pillows (plural) and lay down...to sleep" (Gen. 28:11). "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" (verse 12). God then reconfirmed the promises of national greatness to Jacob, as He had done to Abraham and Isaac before him (verses 13-15).
"And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house (Hebrew shkn or skone) of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone (singular) that he had took for his pillows (plural) and set it up for a pillar (singular) and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Bethel (house of God) ...and Jacob vowed a vow, saying, if God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God; and this stone (singular) which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house..." (dwelling or sh-ko-n of El - Gen. 28:16-22).
This was more than a dream or a vision. The stones Jacob used for his pillow became one stone. This miracle, along with his vivid dream, so awed Jacob that he set the stone up and consecrated it as a monument. Later, Jacob was instructed by God to go back to Bethel and make an altar unto God. There he made the "matzebah" or memorial stone into an altar to worship God (Gen. 35). When Jacob went down into Egypt to dwell with Joseph, he took this memorial stone with him. In the Talmudic writings of the Jews it is written "two arks came up out of the land of Egypt with Israel: one containing the sh-ko-N-Yah (dwelling of God) stone, and the other the body of Joseph." Jacob's pillar stone was carried with the Israelites during all their journeys in the wilderness, and was taken into the promised land, where it was placed in Shechem by Joshua (Josh. 24:26-27). The "great stone" here referred to was the "Ben Gadulah" (stone of dignity). Judges 9:6 records the first instance of this stone being used in the crowning of a king. Later, Jehoash was crowned king in the presence of this rock (2 Kings 11:14).
Shortly after the House of Judah went into captivity, Irish historians speak of an "Ollam Fadhla" (great legislator) coming to their land, bringing a wonderful stone, a harp, and a princess with him. This was none other than the prophet Jeremiah with King Zedekiah's daughter Tea Tephi (look under the topic "Jeremiah"). The princess, who was of king David's royal line of Pharez, son of Judah, was united in marriage to Prince Herremon, of the royal seed of Judah's son Zarah, thus healing the breach which had been between the two sons of Judah since birth (Gen. 38:29). The harp was said to be David's harp, and the stone was Jacob's pillar stone, otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny, Liafail, or "Stone of Scone." From this time forward the kings of Ireland were crowned by, or on, this rock. The stone stayed on Irish soil for more than 11 centuries. but in 513 AD, it was removed and taken to Scotland by Fergus, the first Scottish king.
In the year 1296, Edward I of England had the stone brought to London, England, where it was placed under the English coronation chair in Westminster. It stayed there until November of 1996, at which time it was once again returned to Scotland. As far as is known, all the kings and queens of England since Edward I were crowned over Jacob's memorial pillar. Until the middle of the last century, a small sign by the coronation throne, with the rock beneath its seat, identified it as "Jacob's Pillar Stone." The royalty of the House of Windsor, and all those who can trace their ancestry back to English royalty, can also trace their blood lines back through Herremon and Tea Tephi to king David, to Judah and Jacob, and through them, all the way back to Adam. Unfortunately, this last generation of English royalty has been too embarrassed to claim that their throne could possibly be of Jewish origin.
God has kept his promise to king David in saying "Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah" (Psalm 89:35-37, compare with II Samuel 7:12-16). The throne of David will remain intact until the Messiah comes to claim it as His rightful throne over all the earth: "And the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His Father David; and He shall reign over the House of Jacob forever" (Luke 1:32-33).
For more information on the Pillar Stone, see Handbook articles on ABIMELECH, ARK, BARUCH, BETHEL, DAVID, EBENEZER, EPHRAIM, ISRAEL, JEREMIAH, JUDAH, PHAREZ, ROCK, SCEPTRE, SHECHEM, SHEPHERD, THRONE OF DAVID, and ZARAH
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