An altar is the place where a gift is offered to God.
You shall make an altar of acacia wood.
We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.
An altar is a made place for offering. Noah builds one after the flood. Abraham builds them where the Lord appears. The tabernacle has the bronze altar in the court and the altar of incense before the veil. Blood is put on the horns. Fire is kept. Jesus says that if you are offering your gift at the altar and remember that your brother has something against you, leave the gift and be reconciled. Hebrews says we have an altar the priests of the tent have no right to eat from. The places of offering pointed to Him.
- Not every stone pile is holy. Unauthorized fire and unauthorized altars are judged.
- The bronze altar is the place of the burnt offering. The incense altar is the place of the prayers.
- The church does not rebuild the court altar. Christ offered Himself once.
A place for the gift.
Blood on the horns. Fire kept burning.
We have an altar.
- An altar is the appointed place of offering.
- Patriarchs built them where God met them.
- The tabernacle had the bronze altar and the incense altar.
- Reconciliation with a brother comes before the gift on the altar.
- Hebrews says we have an altar the old servants may not eat from.
- The offering that ends the copies is Christ Himself.
- The Place – Where the gift is offered.
- The Bronze – Court, blood, fire.
- The Incense – Before the veil.
- The Horns – Blood applied.
- The Brother – Leave the gift and be reconciled.
- The Ours – We have an altar.
- Exodus 27:1 – “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad.”
- Leviticus 6:12-13 – “The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out.”
- Matthew 5:23-24 – “If you are offering your gift at the altar… first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”
- Hebrews 13:10 – “We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.”
You shall make the altar of acacia wood.
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning.
We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.
The altar was the place of the gift. The gift that stands is Christ. Leave the quarrel before you come.
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