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The altar of incense
was made of acacia wood, and it was square, measuring a cubit (45
cm) in both its length and width, and 2 cubits in its height. Placed
inside the Holy Place, the altar of incense was overlaid with gold
in its entirety, with a molding of gold all around it. Four rings
of gold were placed under its molding to hold the poles used to
carry it. On this altar of incense, nothing else but only the holy
anointing oil and the sweet incense were to be used (Exodus 30:22-25).
The altar of incense
was where the incense of prayer was offered to God. But before we
pray at the altar of incense, we must first find out whether we
are qualified to pray to God at this altar or not. Whoever seeks
to be qualified to pray to the holy God must first become sinless
by washing away his/her sins by faith. To do so, one must be cleansed
of all his/her sins by the faith of the burnt offering and of the
laver.
God does not hear
the prayers of sinners (Isaiah 59:1-3). Why? Because God accepts
only those who have been washed of all their sins by believing in
the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Because God has washed away
all our sins by the truth manifested in the blue, purple, and scarlet
thread and the fine woven linen. God, in other words, is pleased
to hear only the prayers of the righteous (Psalms 34:15, 1 Peter
3:12).
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