1 Corinthians 10:19-20 says,
What say I then, that the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils
An altar is a place of slaughter of animals or birds for something that is worshipped.
An altar is a place of sacrifice.
An altar is a place where blood is shed and the blood is speaking and crying. The blood can be crying for good or bad things. It can be crying against a person. The blood of the animal would be on the altar.
An altar is a spiritual dining table where spirits are offered food.
An altar is a place of exchange where blood is shed in exchange for something.
An altar is a place where contact is made with the spirit world, whether with good spirits or bad spirits. Whenever men want to make contact with the spirit world they build altars.
An altar is a place of spiritual fellowship with clean or unclean spirits.
An altar is a place of spiritual traffic of good or bad spirits. When Jacob built an altar in Bethel, angels of God were going up and down the altar. If he had built a negative altar, there would have been a traffic of demons.
An altar is a place of covenants. When you build an altar you make a covenant with the altar, the animals you are sacrificing and some spirits.
An altar is a place of deliberation, decisions and action whether negative or positive.
In my next write up, I will discuss “POSITIVE & NEGATIVE ALTARS.”
shalom!
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Jesus is Lord.