Heaven opens to us as we honor FATHER with our increase!
FATHER will open Heaven to those who are willing to co-labor with HIM to establish HIS Covenant on the earth and extend the territory for The Kingdom.
Let’s revisit Jacob’s encounter with YAHWEH.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 28:
10 Jacob left Beersheba and journeyed toward Haran.
11 He encountered a certain place at sunset and camped there for the night. He took a stone from there, made it his pillow, and lay down to sleep.
12 He had a dream of a stairway securely fixed on the earth and reaching into Heaven. And there were messengers (angels) of God ascending and descending on the stairway.
13 And YAHWEH stood beside him and said to him, “I am YAHWEH, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. You are lying on the very ground that I will give to you and your descendants.
14 They will become as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth, and they will extend their territory in all directions. Through you and your descendants, I will bless the whole world.
Heaven opened and FATHER made an oath to Jacob.
15 Never forget—I am always with you and will protect you wherever you go. And one day I will bring you back to this land, for I will neither leave you nor fail to fulfill every Word I have promised you.”
How did Jacob respond?
16 When Jacob awoke from his dream, he was overcome with awe and said, “YAHWEH is here! He is in this place and I didn’t realize it!”
Many believers treat GOD as a distant GOD without realizing HE is here in our midst.
17 Terrified and overwhelmed, he said, “How awesome is this place! I have stumbled right into the House of God! This place is a portal, the very gate of Heaven!”
18 Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone he had under his head, set it up as a pillar and anointed it by pouring oil over the top of it.
19 He named that place Bethel; though the city was once called Luz.
20 Then Jacob committed himself to God, saying, “If You will always be with me and protect me on this long journey, and if You give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
21 and if I return safely to my father’s house, then YAHWEH, You will be My God!
22 See! I have set up this Sacred stone pillar and it will be Your House, God. I promise to set aside a tenth of all that You give me as my gift to You.”
Jacob entered into a Covenant of blessing with FATHER.
To recap, Jacob realized that there is a ladder and there is an open Heaven, a gate of Heaven, there is the Voice of THE FATHER, there are angels ascending and descending. He concludes that “This is the House of GOD, the gate of Heaven.”
FATHER took Jacob from the lower reality (the natural), through the gate, to the higher reality (the supernatural). This gate, or portal, exists today. As we are led by The Holy Spirit, this portal is fully accessible to each of us.
The House of GOD by nature, is built on the edge of two worlds. As such, it is by design, a gate between those two realities. FATHER revealed to Jacob, who he is, and made him conscious of who GOD is. In doing so, GOD was able to make a covenant with Jacob.
This spiritual gate, or access, is accessible to each of us by revelation. FATHER made a spiritual and physical covenant with Jacob. The covenant was reaffirmed every time Jacob tithed his increase. In this, Jacob acknowledged the source of his blessings.