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Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.

At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”

Genesis 28:10-15

And she named him Joseph, for she said, “May the LORD add yet another son to my family.”Genesis 30:24

• Jacob was running.
• His own deceit had led him to this point.
• Jacob had a dream.
• God revealed Himself to Jacob in this dream.
• God repeated the blessing He had promised to Abraham.
• God also promised His presence with Jacob.
• Jacob saw the stairway on which God came down.
• This was the stairway to heaven…the throne room of God.
• Jacob saw the stairway.
• Jacob knew it was the way to God, but did not understand.
• Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.” John 1:51
• Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6
• Jesus is the stairway.
• He is the Way.
• There is no other.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will show you the God who descends and comes to us, and Jesus who built the ladder between heaven and earth with His own body and blood on the cross. Look for Gospel truths throughout the Bible as we read…they are everywhere!