Learn great lessons on prayer from the Altar of Incense

This follows the lessons on the Lampstand because that room was totally dark with out the light of the Lampstand. All Spiritual truth is totally hid from us without the light of the Holy Spirit enlightening us. This is vital. Don't forget this truth.

 

Incense, once widely used in homes to rid them of musty and unwanted odors, is made from certain dried fruits, flowers, bark, woods, gum, resins and "sweet spices" (Ex. 30:34). Two of the three gifts brought by the wise men to the Lord Jesus were

frankincense and myrrh, two kinds of incense. When it was burned it smoldered slowly, sending up smoke of a pleasant fragrance that permeated the air.

 

In the holy place was "an altar to burn incense upon" (Ex. 30:1), which was eighteen inches square and only three feet high. It stood in front of the veil inside the tabernacle. Horns extended from its four corners, just as on the brazen altar. Made of acacia wood, it was covered with pure gold. Around the top was a rim or crown to keep the incense from falling off the edges. Like the other furniture, it had rings and staves in the sides by which to carry it. A specific recipe was given for making the incense, which was to be used only in the tabernacle in the Lord's service.

 

The Picture of Prayer

The psalmist said, "Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice: (Ps. 141:1-2). Here is another tabernacle "figure" which has cast many shadows of truth we can rejoice in and profit from today. The psalmist connected incense and prayer; the ascending of incense was the way he wanted his prayer to go up before God. He wanted his prayer to be as fragrant and pleasant to God as incense. Incense, then, was a picture of prayer in Old Testament days.

 

There are so many lessons we learn about prayer as we study important part of the Tabernacle. It can have a vibrant part in transforming your prayer life and results of your prayers. You will love this. Stay with us.

 

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A lady from Ethiopia was saved reading "Your Ticket to Heaven"

Several days ago, I was in a big home improvement store. I stopped at a counter  with three ladies behind it and asked for directions to find a certain item. They told me and I said, "Let me give you some directions to heaven" and gave them "Your Ticket to Heaven." Of course I did it all on purpose. One of them, a black lady from Ethiopia said, "Oh, I want that, I will read it" and reached out to get it. The other two took the tract but turned away to work. Very briefly I told this lady to read it and if she really wants to go to heaven and understands it to pray from her heart to receive the Lord Jesus.

Amazing but from that moment I prayed and expected to see her get saved all by herself after reading the tract. The next three days I went back to see her but was not able to see her. Late this afternoon I went back again and was told she was at check out counter number 5. She wasn't there. I wandered through the store about to give up. Finally I went to the garden center and there she was and had heard I was looking for her.

This will thrill you.... When I asked if she read the tract, she replied, "I really did and I could understand what you wrote. At the end I prayed what you wrote and am now sure I am going to heaven."

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You must go to our new web site http://www.sumnerwemp.com All new articles.

How to Witness and give the gospel at your door or in a store.
Good News Publishers is seriously considering putting this in tract form for churches to give to their people on how to share the gospel. Please pray they will do it. ABC Sumner