Bethel May 2026

"Surely the Lord is in this place," he whispered, "and I was not aware of it."

He took the stone, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil over it to consecrate it. He renamed the site —the House of God. It was no longer just a dot on a map or a "hard place" to sleep; it became his "gate of heaven," a reference point he would look back on for the rest of his life. The Return to Bethel bethel

Years passed. Jacob became a wealthy man with a large family, but life’s complications had drifted him far from that original encounter. He settled in other lands, faced new tragedies, and allowed "foreign gods"—distractions and old habits—to creep back into his household. "Surely the Lord is in this place," he