Opening Statement: Let’s Reach! Sometimes what we want to reach is way beyond our normal reach and we might need some special assistance: TO REACH UP

“Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 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. 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 28:10-12)

COMMENT: The word ladder or a stairway (Hebrew: sullam) ACCESS POINT.

REACHING UP FOR ACCESS

• Here’s what’s intriguing about this passage besides angels going up and down this ladder- God does not judge Jacob because of his past mistakes but blesses him.
• Overlooking all his mess, God gives him FULL ACCESS to the covenant made to Abraham

“Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth…. in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 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.” (verses 14-15)

JACOB WAKES UP AND POINTS TO THE LADDER AND SAYS: “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN!” (verse 17)

• Without this ladder, you cannot REACH UP to God.
• THE HEBREW WORD FOR LADDER– “Sullam” ACCESS POINT
• It’s an ACCESS POINT BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

QUESTION: WHO’S OUR ACCESS POINT TO THE FATHER? JESUS
” I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes (REACHES UP) to the Father except through me” (John 14:6)

• JACOB’S VISION WAS SIMPLY POINTING TO JESUS AS THE ONLY LADDER, THE ONLY MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

CONCLUSION

• What is the Holy Spirit saying to you through this message?