Amazing Facts
Daily Devotional
February 4th
The Prayers of the Saints, Part 1.
Sanctuary incense was made of four equal ingredients: “stacte,” “onycha,” “galbanum,” and “frankincense” (Exodus 30:34). Set apart from the others was the most precious: frankincense, one of the gifts given to Jesus after His birth (Matthew 2:11). Interestingly, stacte comes from the same tree as myrrh, another of Jesus’ gifts.
The incense was meticulously ground for the express purpose of worship; producing it for any other reason was a grave sin (Exodus 30:37, 38). Worship of God is not something done any old way you like. True worship is done in submission to the will of God as it was carried out in the life of Jesus, who is the Way (John 14:6).
We lack “access … to the Father” (Ephesians 2:18) without Jesus, who is the other “angel” in this verse. In the earthly sanctuary, the official structure in which the worship of God took place, the incense was offered by the priests as well as by the high priest—and Christ is our High Priest (Hebrews 4:15), the bridge between heaven and earth (Genesis 28:12; John 1:51), our great Intercessor.
Without Christ, our prayers are, like our righteousness, “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). “Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen” (Romans 8:34) is the One who “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (v. 27) through the Holy Spirit (v. 26). No one else is able to do this.
The Holy Place, where the golden altar and incense are located, is a figure of Christ’s ministry from His ascension until 1844. The location of this altar indicates to us the time frame of what happens next. A study of Daniel 8 and 9 reveals that in the heavenly sanctuary, Christ moved from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place in the year 1844. Keep this in mind as we go through the seven trumpets.
Jesus, thank You for being our Advocate, opening a door by which our burdens may be heard and answered in accordance to the Father’s will (1 John 2:1, 2).
For Further Study: Numbers 16:1–40; 2 Chronicles 26:16–20; Revelation 5:8
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Revelation 8:3
Daily Devotional
February 4th
The Prayers of the Saints, Part 1.
Sanctuary incense was made of four equal ingredients: “stacte,” “onycha,” “galbanum,” and “frankincense” (Exodus 30:34). Set apart from the others was the most precious: frankincense, one of the gifts given to Jesus after His birth (Matthew 2:11). Interestingly, stacte comes from the same tree as myrrh, another of Jesus’ gifts.
The incense was meticulously ground for the express purpose of worship; producing it for any other reason was a grave sin (Exodus 30:37, 38). Worship of God is not something done any old way you like. True worship is done in submission to the will of God as it was carried out in the life of Jesus, who is the Way (John 14:6).
We lack “access … to the Father” (Ephesians 2:18) without Jesus, who is the other “angel” in this verse. In the earthly sanctuary, the official structure in which the worship of God took place, the incense was offered by the priests as well as by the high priest—and Christ is our High Priest (Hebrews 4:15), the bridge between heaven and earth (Genesis 28:12; John 1:51), our great Intercessor.
Without Christ, our prayers are, like our righteousness, “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). “Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen” (Romans 8:34) is the One who “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (v. 27) through the Holy Spirit (v. 26). No one else is able to do this.
The Holy Place, where the golden altar and incense are located, is a figure of Christ’s ministry from His ascension until 1844. The location of this altar indicates to us the time frame of what happens next. A study of Daniel 8 and 9 reveals that in the heavenly sanctuary, Christ moved from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place in the year 1844. Keep this in mind as we go through the seven trumpets.
Jesus, thank You for being our Advocate, opening a door by which our burdens may be heard and answered in accordance to the Father’s will (1 John 2:1, 2).
For Further Study: Numbers 16:1–40; 2 Chronicles 26:16–20; Revelation 5:8
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Revelation 8:3
Amazing Facts
Daily Devotional
February 4th
The Prayers of the Saints, Part 1.
Sanctuary incense was made of four equal ingredients: “stacte,” “onycha,” “galbanum,” and “frankincense” (Exodus 30:34). Set apart from the others was the most precious: frankincense, one of the gifts given to Jesus after His birth (Matthew 2:11). Interestingly, stacte comes from the same tree as myrrh, another of Jesus’ gifts.
The incense was meticulously ground for the express purpose of worship; producing it for any other reason was a grave sin (Exodus 30:37, 38). Worship of God is not something done any old way you like. True worship is done in submission to the will of God as it was carried out in the life of Jesus, who is the Way (John 14:6).
We lack “access … to the Father” (Ephesians 2:18) without Jesus, who is the other “angel” in this verse. In the earthly sanctuary, the official structure in which the worship of God took place, the incense was offered by the priests as well as by the high priest—and Christ is our High Priest (Hebrews 4:15), the bridge between heaven and earth (Genesis 28:12; John 1:51), our great Intercessor.
Without Christ, our prayers are, like our righteousness, “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). “Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen” (Romans 8:34) is the One who “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (v. 27) through the Holy Spirit (v. 26). No one else is able to do this.
The Holy Place, where the golden altar and incense are located, is a figure of Christ’s ministry from His ascension until 1844. The location of this altar indicates to us the time frame of what happens next. A study of Daniel 8 and 9 reveals that in the heavenly sanctuary, Christ moved from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place in the year 1844. Keep this in mind as we go through the seven trumpets.
Jesus, thank You for being our Advocate, opening a door by which our burdens may be heard and answered in accordance to the Father’s will (1 John 2:1, 2).
For Further Study: Numbers 16:1–40; 2 Chronicles 26:16–20; Revelation 5:8
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Revelation 8:3
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