Jacob's Ladder at Beth-El, "Temple"

The sacredness of the Temple is of the utmost. So I will share the Biblical half of my endowment inspiration. 

1. In Genesis 28, Jacob rested in Luz (which means "almond tree", which tree symbolized wickedness because its branches are so gnarly and crooked). 
2. As Jacob slept he saw a dream. In his dream Jacob saw a ladder that reached to heaven, per the King James. (Genesis 28:12)
3. In Hebrew "ladder" and "stairwell" are the same word. Be aware that Biblical scholars say and Rabbis say that Jacob's Ladder is a mystery which no one understands. 
4. Jacob saw angels "ascending and descending" on this staircase. (Genesis 28:12)
5. I had always assumed that some large number of angels were ascending while others were simultaneously descending, kind of like a busy New York City sidewalk, only on a massive stairwell. Now, "mlachim" is the Hebrew word for "messengers", though in English we mainly translate this term using a word of ultimately Greek origin: "angels". In Greek "angels" means "messengers". By strict Hebrew grammar "mlachim" is a plural, which in Hebrew is obligatorily 3 messengers at a minimum. What if Jacob saw, not hosts or even crowds of angels/messengers "ascending and descending" but the selfsame 3 messengers "ascending and then descending again"?
6. The Hebrew text says that "Jehovah stood on the top of the staircase" but the King James translators rendered "the Lord stood above the ladder". Either way the messengers, 3 at a minimum, were ascending to Jehovah and then descending again, which ascension and descent suggest that the messengers, 3 at a minimum, reported to Jehovah and then again got dispatched back to earth by Him again. (Genesis 28:13)
7. When Jacob awoke, per the King James he said, "this is none other than the house of God." The Hebrew says "this is none other than a house of Elohim", which we can render in English as "this is none other than a Temple/house of God."
8. If that was not clear enough Jacob changes the name of the place from Luz to "Bethel", "Beth El". Bethel is the Hebrew word for "Temple". So this vision took place in a form of Temple. 

But the story continues in chapter 31. We really need to focus on the continuation.

1. 31:3 Jehovah speaks to Jacob and tells him "I AM with thee" which was mistranslated as "I will be with thee."
2. 31:11 The King James reads "the angel of God spake unto me in a dream" but the Hebrew reads "Angel of The Elohim/The God spake unto me in a dream."
3. 31:13 Here Moses records that "Angel of The God" told Jacob "I the El of Beth El" or "I (am) the God of Beth El (Temple)."

Did we catch it? In Genesis 28 it is Jehovah who stands at the top of the messenger stairwell. In Hebrew "Jehovah" can be applied to either The Father or The Son. However, Genesis 31 clarifies that the speaker in the dream not only was Jehovah, not only the God of Bethel (God of a Temple), but He--Jehovah, God--is "Angel/Messenger of The Elohim, Messenger of The God."

So in Genesis 28:12-13 per the Hebrew text it is Jehovah The Son of Elohim who stands at the top of the angel stairwell and deals with the (possibly) 3 messengers.

I have had people tell me "where do we read of the Endowment in The Bible?" Now I know. And though I already knew that the Temple Endowment is true, this second witness sure feels good too.