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 […]
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 […]
Being Filled and Saturated with Christ to Express Him and become God’s Dwelling Place
June 20, 2015 by 3 Comments
The Lord today desires to recover the universal priesthood of all the believers in Christ for God’s building. He wants that all believers would be restored to a normal situation according to the divine standard from a condition of failure, degradation, loss, and abnormality. We need to be open to the Lord in a fresh […]
Christ and the New Man as our Clothing is also our Dwelling Place as Priests to God
June 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ, we are all priests to God, and Christ is our food, our clothing, and our dwelling. The priests were a particular kind of people who were set aside for God; they spent time with God, served God, and were infused with God to be mingled with God and express God. Their […]
The Significance of the Priestly Garments and their Application in our Christian Life
June 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
All believers in Christ are priests to God, and as such we need to have a certain kind of diet (Christ as the reality of all the offerings and as the bread of the presence) and we need to have a particular kind of clothing, something that will set us aside from the rest as […]
Putting on Christ as our Clothing by Living out Christ to Magnify Him in our Living
June 17, 2015 by 4 Comments
Before we can work for God as priests we need to take care of our living; Christ is everything to us for our living as priests. Christ is our food – He is the reality of all the offerings in a specific and detailed way, and He is the bread of the presence to nourish […]
