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Jesus And The Golden Altar Of Incense
The Tabernacle Courtyard
So, now that we have studied the Table of Show Bread and the Golden Lamp Stand, we can start to see that the Holy place of God is a place of prayer. The Table of Showbread signifies communing with the Lord in a very personal way through prayer. It further signifies eating the Bread of Life that enables us to become more like Jesus, our Lord and Savior. It also signifies giving thanks to the Lord who provides our daily bread.
The Table of Showbread
The Golden Lamp Stand on the other hand, signifies the illumination of our steps toward the Kingdom of God. Again, this illumination comes through prayer that brings us communication from God that guide us in our direction and otherwise empowers us with the truth.
This being said, we turn our attention toward the Golden Altar of Incense where we will further reinforce this concept of the Holy Place being a place of prayer. In the case of the Golden Altar however, prayer takes the form of the spiritual warfare that leads us toward overcoming the forces of evil.
In this section our plan is to communicate scriptures that support the fact that Jesus is the living Golden Altar of Incense that came down from heaven. To support this proposition we will use His dieing on the cross, as the spiritual warfare that defeated the devil and regained the dominion that man lost over the earth. The result of this victory in the spirit world is that we are no longer under the bondage of the devil but rather have domination over the forces of evil. This is exactly where spiritual warfare comes into play. After all, Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father and will remain seated until His enemies are made His foot stool. This means that we must partake in spiritual warfare like Jesus did.
But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. (Hebrews 10:12-13)
Prior to addressing the core issues however, we must first learn a bit more about the Golden Altar of Incense.
In shape, the Golden Altar of Incense is a smaller version of the Brazen Altar. They differ however in their purpose and how they are used. The objects that are burned on the Golden Altar are limited to the items that produce sweet incense to the Lord (considered to be prayer by the Jewish people). As a result, the items burned on the Brazen Altar are not burned on the Golden Altar nor are they even allowed in the Holy Place. The blood of the sin offering however is sprinkled on the Golden Altar once each year for atonement of the people. This sprinkling is prophetic of the blood of the Christ that was shed at His crucifixion to achieve atonement for the people and victory over the forces of evil. For more information on the Golden Alter please go to the following link: http://www.bible-history.com/tabernacle/TAB4The_Golden_Altar_of_Incense.htm. To get an idea of where the Golden Alter is positioned inside the Holy Place please go to this link: http://www.tgm.org/URTheTempleOfHS.html.
In our next post we will look at examples of how Jesus is our Golden Alter of Incense. Until then, may God bless you all.
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Hello Sir:
I am trying to figure out what the : problem was with the alter of incence located within the holy of holies From Hebrews Chapter 9. Please help.
Demetrios pappas
I am sorry, but can you describe the problem you are referring to?
Thanks,
Papa Joe
discuss the problem of the alter of incence located within the holy of holies in heb ch 9
Well, I am still not quite sure what your looking for but will take a crack at an answer, perhaps at a high level to see if it may be what your looking for.
To start with, my belief is that the Tabernacle is prophetic of Jesus in every way. One major tie to Jesus and the Tabernacle and Jesus is Jesus statement, “I am the way the truth and the life.” To make a long story short, this statement means that Jesus is the Outer Courtyard and therefore is the way to a relationship of grace with God through His blood sacrifice on the cross and the baptism of His words that lead us toward the Father. He is the Truth about our way into heaven because He is the Holy Place in which our pathways are enlightened (golden lampstand), our relationship with the Father is strengthened (table of showbread), and in which we can become victorious in spiritual warfare (golden altar).
The golden altar is a place of prayer which is strong in bring down the forces of evil. The smoke that rose from it was seen to be symbolic of the prayers of Israel going up to heaven. In this sense the altar is placed directly in front of the Life, with is the curtain that separates the Holy from the Most Holy place. In this regard, the placement of the golden altar inside the holy of holies does not match the placement of this object as described in the books of Moses. In addition, since the Holy Place is a place of enlightenment and empowerment for warfare, its placement does not make sense in the Most Holy place which is a place of covenant. This is because once we are in covenant the warfare with evil is over.
I hope this helps.
Papa Joe
I didn’t know about the Golden Altar of Incense. That’s very interesting. Thanks for the link to more information on the subject.
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