May the Lord grant us mercy and shine on us in a fresh way that we may see the meaning and significance of the altar of burnt offering, which typifies the cross of Christ. Many Christians “wear the cross” visibly and they may even be proud of it, but what is the real significance of […]
The Altar of Burnt Offering Typifies the Cross of Christ, the Base of All Spiritual Experience
One of the largest pieces of furnishing in the tabernacle is the altar of burnt offering, which typifies the cross of Christ. In the tabernacle there were two altars: the altar of burnt offering in the outer court and the incense altar in the Holy of Holies. These two altars are for the carrying out […]
The Altar of Burnt Offering and the Incense Altar are for Carrying out God’s Economy
After seeing the high revelation and the deep meaning of the golden incense altar, the “heart” of the tabernacle in the most holy sense, we now want to see more concerning the other altar, the altar of burnt offering. The incense altar is in the tabernacle, while the altar of burnt offering is in the […]
Being Reduced to Nothing to Pray at the Incense Altar for God’s Move and Dispensing
This week in our crystallization-study of Exodus we enjoyed in a deeper way a particular kind of prayer – not the general prayer, the petition, the questioning, the breathing, or the praising and thanking, but the interceding prayer, the interceding Christ as typified by the golden incense altar in the Holy Place in the tabernacle. […]
Praying at the Incense Altar with no Strange Fire or Strange Incense in our Prayer
The Lord Jesus in His heavenly ministry is interceding for us, and He wants to gain many believers who cooperate with Him by being one with Him in His intercession. For this, we need to be in God (just as the priests were in the tabernacle when offering the incense on the altar), God needs […]
When we Pray we need to be in God, have God in us, and Offer Christ as Incense to God
The Lord Jesus in His heavenly ministry is interceding for us; He is at the golden incense altar offering prayers and intercessions for God’s interest, His administration, His people, and everything that is in God’s heart. Actually, Christ Himself is the reality of the incense altar: He is the One who constantly prays, constantly intercedes, […]
Carrying out Christ’s Intercession in our Prayers of Intercession in Oneness with Him
It is both amazing and crucial for us to see and realize that the execution of God’s administration is motivated by the prayers offered to Him from the incense altar (see Rev. 8). In Rev. 6 the saints who were martyred pray from underneath the altar, asking the Lord desperately that He would vindicate and […]