Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

Haran, and he came as far as mount Moriah, and he tarried there all night near the city of Luz; and the Lord appeared there unto Jacob on that night, and he said unto him, I am the Lord God of Abraham and the God of Isaac thy father. —J ASHER 30:1

The fact that Luz is linked to Jerusalem can be discovered by carefully reading Genesis 35:6:

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

The name Luz was identified with Bethel, a Hebrew word meaning “house of God . ” This story reveals that while at Luz, Rebekah’s nurse died and was buried under an oak tree (v. 8). God later revealed Himself again to Jacob, and Jacob built a pillar and called the place Bethel (the house of God). The following verse reveals a clue:

Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. —G ENESIS 35:16