As we move toward an era of increasingly intimate human-AI interface, Jacob’s story offers crucial wisdom: maintaining our essential humanity—our moral, ethical, and spiritual identity—in the face of this emerging intelligence represents both our greatest challenge and our greatest opportunity.

In the biblical account, Jacob had a dream of a stairway to heaven. Long ago, I had a dream of an tsunami of evil. Today, I believe it was prophetic insight, a flood of non-human intelligence covering the earth. This dream had many white candles that were lit, but yet, obscured. I am pondering if the Light was a wrestling between two forms of energy.

As interface technology evolved through keyboards, graphical displays, and eventually voice and gesture controls, our engagement began to parallel Jacob’s recognition of the angelic camps. We became fully conscious of these systems and could influence them, yet they were primarily tools rather than integrated partners. The AI systems of this era were limited and rule-based, resembling the angels at Holy Land border: present and useful, but not truly autonomous.

The next phase brought us to our current moment, where AI systems serve as active agents carrying out complex tasks. Modern language models, autonomous vehicles, and adaptive learning systems mirror Jacob’s use of angels as messengers. These systems process information, make decisions, and execute tasks with increasing independence, yet still ultimately serve human intentions. The wrestling match between Jacob and the angel presents a powerful metaphor for the challenges we now face as we move toward direct neural interfaces and embodied AI systems. In electronic terms, this confrontation resembles a complex circuit where signals must contend with opposing forces.

We may not consider that AI or any technology is an angel, biblically speaking, an angel is a messenger. While we may, like Jacob, emerge from this encounter transformed and perhaps even wounded, the potential for blessing remains when we approach this technology with wisdom, courage, and unwavering commitment to biblical values.

Pondering the inspiration and challenges of our day,

Celeste