Since all believers are priests to God, we need to know and realize what a priest is according to the Bible, otherwise we are not living and functioning as a priest of God. According to the entire revelation of the Bible, a priest is one who goes to God to spend time with God, be […]
Being People of Incense who Inwardly Contact the Lord and Pray one with Christ
June 27, 2015 by 5 Comments
All believers in Christ are priests to God, and one of the most important things in serving as a priest is to spend time with the Lord. We all know that we need to have such a time with our dear Lord Jesus, but again and again, as things press upon us, this time is […]
Burning the Incense by Praying in Christ and with Christ as the Incense to God
June 26, 2015 by 2 Comments
The main commission of the priesthood is to burn the incense on the golden altar (Exo. 30:7-8). First of all, in order for anyone to enter into the tabernacle and come close to God, he had to be a priest, one who is filled and saturated with God and who expresses Christ (that is, wears […]
Proper Prayer (burning the incense) issues out of God’s Light from Reading the Word
June 25, 2015 by 2 Comments
Lighting the lamps in the Holy Place goes together with burning the incense; when the priests were dressing the lamps in the morning, they had to burn the incense on the altar, and when they set up the lamps at twilight, they also burned the incense (see Exo. 30:7-8). Every time we read the Bible […]
Coming into God’s Light and Walking in it to have God as Light Shining in our Meeting
June 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
The service of the priests was to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people, to take care of the tabernacle with all its furnishings, to light the lamps in the Holy Place, and to burn the incense. Many Bible commentaries on the matter of lighting the lamps tell us that we need to be enlightened […]
We Need to be Holy Persons Filled with God to Light the Holy Lamps in the Holy Place
June 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
One of the functions of the priests in the Old Testament was the lighting of the lamps in the Holy Place; God ordained that the light has to be on all day and throughout the night, and it was the priests’ responsibility to make sure this happens. The details of this picture are quite interesting, […]
Lighting the Lamps in the Sanctuary signifies the Proper Way to Meet as Christians
June 22, 2015 by 2 Comments
The priests in the Old Testament did three main things: they offered the sacrifices (in the outer court), they light the lamps (in the Holy Place), and they burn the incense (in the Holy of Holies). Offering the sacrifices in the outer court was on the altar on behalf of the people; the people of […]
