Genesis 35: Go Back — But Bury the Idols

After chaos.After violence.After acting without God. He spoke again. “Go back to Bethel.” Back to the place of encounter.Back to the place of promise.Back to where the ladder touched heaven. But first… Bury the idols. Genesis 35 is about cleansing before returning. Jacob tells his household to surrender the foreign gods, the earrings, the hidden compromises. You can’t revisit the place of revelation…while carrying what replaced it. In this episode of Baker Mode, we break down what it means to truly return — not just geographically, but spiritually. God will call you back. But you can’t bring everything with you. Before Bethel…there must be burial.