Jacob has a dream of a ladder connecting heaven and earth with angels ascending and descending. God appears and promises Jacob the land and numerous descendants, and that He will be with Jacob and bring him back. When Jacob awakes, he is afraid yet also in awe, realizing this is the house of God. He sets up the stone as a pillar, names the place Bethel, and makes a vow that if God will be with him, God will be his God. The document analyzes the dream and God's covenant with Jacob, comparing Jesus to the ladder that connects man to God, and urges responding to God's grace with faith, fear of God, worship, offerings, and consecration.

1. JACOB’S LADDER
Genesis 28:10-22
Pst Bertin K.
Bangalore - INDIA

2. Genesis 28:10-22
“Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 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. 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. 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. "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. "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.“ Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in
this place, and I did not know it.“ 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!“ 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. And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been
Luz previously. Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this
way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, "so that I come back to
my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. "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."

3. JACOB
Jacob is a very
important personality
in the Bible

4. JACOB
His name appears
350 times
in the Bible

5. JACOB
And his other name
ISRAEL appears
150 times

6. Jacob
So the person of
Jacob is referred to
about 500 times in
the Bible

7. MEANINGS OF JACOB
May God protect
One who grabs the heel
One who trips up

8. V: 10 “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went toward Haran”
JACOB was running for
his life because of his
wickedness

9. V: 10 “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went toward Haran”
Jacob had stolen the
blessing of his brother by
lying to his father in
conspiracy with his mother

10. V: 10 “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went toward Haran”
His brother Esau was angry
and was consoling himself with
the idea of killing him after
the death of their father Isaac

11. V: 10 “Now Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went toward Haran”
Rebecca the mother of Jacob
arranged for Jacob to run to her
brother Jaban at Haran

12. V: 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”
o JACOB MUST HAVE BEEN IN SORROW
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.
o HE MUST HAVE BEEN DESPERATE
o HE WAS NO MORE GOING TO SEE HIS
FATHER, HIS MOTHER AND HIS BROTHER
o HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
HIM IN THE FUTURE.

13. V: 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”
HUMAN BEINGS WOULD
HAVE JUDGED JACOB AND
WISHED TERRIBLE THINGS
HAPPEN TO HIM

14. V: 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”
BUT THE THOUGHTS OF
GOD ARE DIFFERENT
FROM OUR THOUGHTS

15. V: 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”
Isaiah 55:8
“For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD.”

16. THE PLANS OF GOD
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil,
to give you a future and a hope.”

17. THE PLANS OF GOD
GOD HAS WONDERFUL PLANS FOR YOU
 NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE NOW
 NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

18. JACOB WAS TIRED AND SLEPT
And he had a dream ...

19. THE DREAM OF JACOB
… IN HIS DREAM
THERE WAS A LADDER
GOIND FROM EARTH
TO HEAVEN, WITH
ANGELS ASCENDING
AND DESCENDING ON
IT.
GOD WAS ON THE
TOP OF THE
LADDER

20. … IN THE DREAM OF JACOB
GOD SPOKE TO
JACOB FROM THE
TOP OF THE LADDER

21. DURING THE DREAM OF JACOB
GOD SPOKE TO JACOB
TO ESTABLISH
A COVENANT OF
BLESSING WITH HIM

22. THE COVENANT OF BLESSING
“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. "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.
"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.”

23. THE DREAM OF JACOB
JACOB’S VISION AT BETHEL WAS
BASED PURELY ON GOD’S GRACE.
GOD APPEARED TO JACOB FROM THE
TOP OF THE LADDER TO ASSURE HIM
OF HIS PROMISE OF BLESSING AND
PROTECTION.

24. THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
ROMANS 5:15
“But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by
the one man's offense many died, much more the
grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one
Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.”
1CORINTHIANS 1:4
“I thank my God always concerning you for the
grace of God which was given to you by Christ
Jesus”

25. THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
JESUS CHRIST
IS
THE SON OF MAN
AND
THE SON OF GOD

26. THE GRACE OF GOD
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."

27. THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
JESUS SAID ANGELS WILL BE
ASCENDING AND DESCENDING
ON THE SON OF MAN…
THAT IS ON HIMSELF

28. THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
IN OUR PASSAGE,
THE ANGELS WERE ASCENDING
AND DESCENDING ON THE
LADDER

29. THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
THE LADDER IS THE SON OF MAN
and
THE SON OF MAN IS THE LADDER
and that is
JESUS CHRIST

30. JESUS WAS THE LADDER
THE LADDER
CONNECTED
JACOB TO
GOD

31. JESUS WAS THE LADDER
JESUS CHRIST
CONNECTS
ALL SINNERS
TO GOD

32. JESUS WAS THE LADDER
I Timothy 2:5
“For
there is one God
and
one Mediator
between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus”

33. JESUS WAS THE LADDER
JESUS CHRIST IS
THE EXCLUSIVE MEDIATOR
BETWEEN GOD AND MEN
JUST LIKE THERE WAS ONLY
ONE LADDER
BETWEEN GOD AND JACOB

34. JESUS WAS THE LADDER
John 14:6
“Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
No one comes to
the Father except
through Me.”

35. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
“… and there the angels of God were ascending
and descending on it”
ANGELS WERE BUSY ON THE
LADDER ASCENDING AND
DESCENDING

36. ANGELS ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS
ABOUT ANGELS
Hebrews 1:14
“Are they (angels) not
all ministering spirits
sent forth to minister
for those who will
inherit salvation?”

37. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
ANGELS WERE
MINISTRYING
TO JACOB

38. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
Taking away Jacob’s
problems
Bringing down
God’s blessings
upon him

39. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
Taking to God men
requests
Bringing down
God’s answers

40. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
Daniel 10:12-14
AN ANGEL SENT IN ANSWER OF DANIEL’S PRAYERS
“Then he said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel,
for from the first day that you set your heart
to understand, and to humble yourself
before your God, your words were heard;
and I have come because of your words.
"But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me twenty-one days; and behold,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to
help me, for I had been left alone there with
the kings of Persia.
"Now I have come to make you understand
what will happen to your people in the
latter days, for the vision refers to many
days yet to come."

41. THE IMPACT OF THE VISION
ON JACOB
THE ANSWER OF JACOB
AFTER
THE VISITATION OF GOD

42. THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD
JACOB REVERENTIAL RESPONSE INCLUDED
1- Having fear before God
2- Erecting a memorial stone pillar
3- Consecration of the stone by anointing the top of it with oil
4- Naming the place Bethel to commemorate the event
5- Making a vow in which he expressed for the first time his
faith in the Lord ( THE LORD WILL BE MY GOD)
6- Promising to tithe

43. THE GRACE OF GOD MANIFESTED
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
GOD VISITED THE WORLD
THROUGH HIS SON
JESUS CHRIST
WHAT SHOULD BE THE
RESPONSE OF MAN?

44. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
God by grace visits His people and
promises them protection and
provision so that they might be a
blessing to others.

45. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
FAITH
Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to God must believe
that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.”

46. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
FEARING GOD
Jeremiah 5:23-24
“But this people have a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.
They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the
LORD our God, Who gives rain, both the former and
the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the
appointed weeks of the harvest."

47. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
WORSHIPING GOD
Isaiah 43:21
“This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My praise.”
John 4:23-24
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true
worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for
the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in
spirit and truth."

48. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
GIVING OFFRINGS TO GOD
Malachi 3:8-10
“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say,
'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even
this whole nation.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be
food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of
hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And
pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room
enough to receive it.”

49. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
CONSECRATING HIMSELF TO GOD
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD
is one!
You shall love the LORD your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your strength.”

50. THE RESPONSE OF MAN
MAN MUST RESPOND TO GOD IN
MAKING MEMORIAL FOR FUTURE
WORSHIPERS
Colossians 3:17
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through Him.”

51. JESUS IS THE LADDER
GOD BLESS
YOU ALL