BBD 05.10.16 The Stairway to Heaven (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1734th
Burning Bush Devotional
10 May 2016
The Stairway
to Heaven
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!” – Genesis 28:10-17 NKJV.
What would you think
if you were to see what appeared to be a ladder extending into Heaven? That is
what Trisha Hawke saw in the sky at Accrington, Lancashire, England. Most of us
would not believe Trisha, except that she
has a photo she took of this very unusual cloud formation. She had just taken
her nine-year-old daughter to school and she says “I always have my camera with me and
usually take pictures every morning after dropping my daughter off at school. The
way the sun was coming through the clouds on this particular morning was really
pretty and would have made a nice photo anyway but then I saw this really
strange shape rising up from the skyline. It looked just like a set of stairs
or steps so my first thought was it looked like a stairway to heaven. I was
really pleased to have caught it on camera as often these things don't show up
the same as when you see them with your own eyes. I'm not sure what made the
shape appear like that or how long it was there for but it must have been a
little while as I had enough time to get my camera out and take a picture.” Here is the link to the article and
to the photos of this
stairway to heaven: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/668460/Pictures-Stairway-heaven-sky-clouds-shape-Accrington-Lancashire
(Express UK 05.10.16)
Jacob had a vision of a spiritual ladder
extending to Heaven with angels descending and ascending. I believe there are
still angels descending and ascending to Heaven today. Most of the time we
cannot see them, but that does not make them any less real. Did the ladder
Jacob saw in his vision look like the one Trisha snapped a photo of?
If you do a google search for “stairway to heaven” there are a huge
number of search results for the rock song with that name by Led Zeppelin; with
lyrics and much of the music by Jimmie Page. I have heard the song many times,
but never really listened to the lyrics; so, I looked them up today. Perhaps if
you are high on some substance they would make more sense to you. The reason
the lyrics are so strange is because, according to Wikipedia, Page took the
words from a book he was reading at the time, “Magic Arts in Celtic Britain.” However, as often happens with
secular writing there is a line of truth within the lyrics. Here is the line of
truth: “Yes,
there are two paths you can go by, But in the long run, There's still time to
change the road you're on.”
There are two paths in
life, a life with God and a life without God. Jesus says, “Enter by the narrow gate; for
wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is
the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it (Matthew 7:13-14).” Entry to eternal life and a pass to the only
stairway to Heaven is only through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the “gate” to the path of eternal life and the only way of
salvation (John 14:6). If you are still breathing,
and you are on the wrong path, now is the time to change the road you are on
before it is everlastingly too late. Receive Jesus as your Savior now!
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