(Gen 28:17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

(Gen 35:1) And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

In his wonderful series about heavenly portals, Pastor Shelley preached a great message, Portals - Get Back to Bethel.

Inspired by this sermon and by my own experience, a new song, You Are Bringing Me Back to Bethel, came to me as I was worshipping here in Jerusalem.

You can read his sermon on his website, www.revival.org, at this link:

12/03/2006 AM - Portals - Get Back to Bethel

Listen to the song at this link:

You Are Bringing Me Back to Bethel

Sermon Excerpt from Portals - Get Back to Bethel

When you get discouraged, when you get to feeling lonely, when you get down and out, and down in the mouth, and however you want to describe it, come into the Presence of the Lord and see if the Spirit of God will not stir up your remembrance.

And if He doesn't, you sit long enough until you begin to remember that there's been a visitation in your life.   There was an hour that God came to your rescue.

There was a moment that He poured His anointing and His glory out on your life.   Go back to Bethel.

Go back to that place and say, "God, this is where I met You.   I want the kind of blessing that I had when I started on this journey."

I want to be able to acknowledge God in the way I acknowledged Him when I first met Him at Bethel.   I want to get up from a place of prayer and say, "Right here is the house of God, right here is the gate of heaven, because God has come and met with me here."   Hallelujah.   You believe you can have that?

You Are Bringing Me Back to Bethel  (Nancy Bergen)

Chorus:
You are bringing me back to Bethel
The place where I met You
You are bringing me back to Bethel
Where I fell in love with You

1.
I remember the portal at Bethel
Where you asked me to be Your wife
That was the gate of heaven for me
Where the heavens opened over my life

2.
I remember when I would do anything
And go anywhere for You
Day or night, it didn’t matter
I was so in love with You

3.
Under Your chuppah in Your secret place
You are daily drawing me
Back to the place of my first love
Our place of intimacy

4.
There’s a higher place in the Spirit
Where You are calling me
Ascending through Your portal in Bethel
It’s You I’m longing to see