it.” And he was afraid and said, “How awesome [fearful] is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” (Gen. 28:10–17) The Lord promises to bless and increase Jacob, to be with him and to keep him, never to leave him, and to fulfill all his good purposes for him. And in the face of pure goodness and absolute grace, Jacob fears. John Bunyan concluded that this right fear flows primarily from a sense of the love and kindness of God to the soul … from some