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| Looking At The Brazen Altar |
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| Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden |
| Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:08 |
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God's Word, not man's is our road map from earth to heaven. Let's continue our thoughts on the tabernacle.
As you approach the tabernacle courtyard, the first thing you will come to is the brazen altar. On a regular basis the priest would kill the animal sacrifice that the people brought. The priest would then pour the blood on the brazen altar for the forgiveness of sin. This happening was a powerful symbol of the cross of Christ and His shedding His precious blood for the sins of the world. Praise God for the cross of Jesus Christ. In our day the altar represents the place where we say good-bye to any and all things or anyone who would stand in our way from reaching our divine destiny. God forbid that we'll allow anything or anyone from standing in our way of reaching our heavenly destiny. We must never forget the first and most important thing we put on the altar is ourselves. God help each of us to quit living like others think we ought to live or copying someone else, but live to please Jesus, who wants to be the Lord of our lives. Let's put our sins and those things displeasing to God on the altar, He'll cleanse us from any and all sin. Because of Calvary, Pastor Durden |
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