When All Seems Hopeless, Look for Heaven's Ladder

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

When All Seems Hopeless, Look for Heaven's Ladder

Today's Text: And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. Genesis 28:16

The Message:      The angels of God were ascending and descending upon this mystic ladder, and when he [Jacob] awoke he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not." Thus it is with us. If our eyes could be opened, we would see the angels of God all around us, and the evil angels are here also, trying to destroy us, but the good angels are pressing them back.      Jacob thought to gain a right to the birthright through deception, but he found himself disappointed. He thought he had lost everything, his connection with God, his home and all; and there he was a disappointed fugitive. But what did God do? He looked upon him in his hopeless condition, He saw his disappointment, and He saw there was material there that would render back glory to God. No sooner does He see his condition than He presents the mystic ladder, which represents Jesus Christ. Here is a man who had lost all connection with God, and the God of heaven looks upon him and consents that Christ shall bridge the gulf that sin has made.      We might have looked and said, I long for heaven, but how can I reach it? I see no way. That is what Jacob thought, and so God shows him the vision of the ladder, and that ladder connects earth with heaven, with Jesus Christ. A person can climb it, for the base rests upon the earth and the top-most round reaches into heaven. Then the soul climbs right away from the customs, practices, and fashions of earth right towards heaven. The light and glory of God are upon every round of this mystic ladder, and men and women climb upon whom? Jesus Christ. Cling to what? Jesus Christ. Made one with whom? Jesus Christ....      Now we find that the battlements can be reached, that God is above the ladder and is waiting with arms outstretched to help every soul who will come into the everlasting kingdom of our God. Praise His holy name! Ye inhabitants of the earth, praise Him! And why? Because through Jesus Christ-whose long human arm encircles the race while with His divine arm He grasps the throne of the Almighty-the gulf is bridged with His own body; and this atom of a world, which was separated from the continent of heaven by sin and became an island, is again reinstated because Christ bridged the gulf-Christ has bridged it!      Here is a soul in danger; well, God stands ready to help that soul. All the heavenly angels will be sent to assist that soul.-Manuscript 5, 1891.

Commentary: My friend, Christ is the one who connects us with Heaven.  He says "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me." (John 14:6).  It is only by our connection with Jesus, the Son of God that we are connected to the Father.  This is a vital and important truth that many in the church today have lost sight of.  The trinity teaches that the Holy Spirit is a separate being from the Father and the Son, and is the one who ministers to us here on this earth, and as such is our mediator. The trinity in this way introduces to us another mediator in the name of the Holy Spirit and as such goes against the plain truths of the Bible for it says "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (2 Timothy 2:5).  The reason why so many today have not gained the victory over sin is because they are accepting another mediator in place of Jesus.  One who has not come in the flesh, does not know what it is like to struggle with sin, one who has not gained the victory over it, and one who cannot sympathize with our need.  Only Jesus the Son of God who did come in the flesh, did overcome sin, and died for our sins can mediate between us and God. My friend, the truths of the Bible are so simple and so plain that they cannot be misinterpreted.  The trinity takes what is plain and makes it difficult to understand because it obscures who God is and separates us from Jesus Christ who is the Son of God and is the ladder by which we are connected to Heaven. May you look away from the trinity and look unto Jesus today. God bless,

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