An Introduction
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee – Exodus 20:24.
WHAT IS AN ALTAR?
It is a place of slaughter to something that is worshipped.
When men began to worship God in the Bible, the altar came into being.
The first men to worship God in the Bible were Cain and Abel. Both had a desire to serve the Lord; one went by the altar, the other did not.
The altar man was acceptable, the man who did not go by the altar was not acceptable.
Noah built an altar; Abraham built so many altars; Isaac built altars; Jacob built altars, Moses built altars; Joshua, Gideon, Samuel, David, all built altars.
When at Mount Carmel Elijah declared war against the enemies of God, he told them to build their own altar and call upon their gods.
When it got to his turn, Elijah built the altar of the Lord that had been broken down.
If you read that story very well, you will see that he took a lot of care and paid a lot of attention to see that the altar was correctly built up, before he called for divine fire.(1 kings 18:17-39).
All good kings and prophets in the Bible built altars to the Lord.
Therefore, the altar is a very important spiritual material.
It is a powerful covenant material.
In my next write up I will be teaching on “secrets about altars” don’t miss it.
shalom!
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