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Genesis 28:10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
Genesis 28:11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because
the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his
head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth,
and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending
and descending on it.
Genesis 28:18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
Genesis 28:22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house,
and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.
Genesis 28:10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
I. SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON.
Genesis 28:11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because
the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his
head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.
Send me the pillow that you dream on,
So darling, I can dream on it, too.
II. JACOB’S LADDER: THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
Genesis 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth,
and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending
and descending on it.
Genesis 28:13 And behold, the Lord stood above it …”
1. Jesus is the stairway to heaven.
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold,
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
John 1:48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered
and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree,
I saw you.”
John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!”
John 1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you
under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
John 1:51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall
see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son
of Man.”
2. Jesus is the One who connects heaven and earth.
1 Timothy 2: 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus,
3. Jesus is the only ladder and stairway to heaven.
John 10:1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold
by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Genesis 28:12 “… and there the angels of God were ascending and descending
on it.
Genesis 28:13 And behold, the Lord stood above it …”
Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those
who will inherit salvation?
Jesus is not only your way to God; Jesus is God’s way to you.
Every blessing that we receive today comes down that ladder, that stairway.
Genesis 28:13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord
God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie
I will give to you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall
spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you
and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 28:15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and
will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what
I have spoken to you.”
Genesis 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is
in this place, and I did not know it.”
Genesis 28:17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
Song lyrics
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place
I can feel His mighty power and His grace
I can hear the brush of angel’s wings
I see glory on each face
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.”
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am
there in the midst of them.”
Acts 17:27 “… He is not far from each one of us;
III. THE STONE PILLAR OF REMEMBRANCE.
Genesis 28:18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of
that city had been Luz previously.
Genesis 28:22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house,
and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.
Genesis 13:4 (NLT) This was the same place where Abram had built the altar,
and there he worshiped the Lord again.
We must let the altar alter us.
Genesis 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is
in this place, and I did not know it.”
Genesis 28:17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
