January 30, Exodus 29:1 - 31:18

Exodus 29:42-30:8

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^"42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak there to you.

⁴³ There I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory [the Shekinah, God’s visible presence].

⁴⁴ And I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest’s office.

⁴⁵ And I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

⁴⁶ And they shall know [from personal experience] that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.

30 And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood you shall make it.

² A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its breadth; its top shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

³ And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns, and you shall make a crown (a rim or molding) of gold around it.

⁴ You shall make two golden rings under the rim of it, on the two ribs on the two opposite sides of it; and they shall be holders for the poles with which to carry it.

⁵ And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, overlaid with gold.

⁶ You shall put the altar [of incense] in front and outside of the veil that screens the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony (the Law, the tables of stone), where I will meet with you.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn on it incense of sweet spices; every morning when he trims and fills the lamps he shall burn it.

⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations."

Psalm 141:2

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² Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Revelation 5:8

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⁸ And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [^[a]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves before the Lamb. Each was holding a harp (lute or guitar), and they had golden bowls full of incense (fragrant spices and gums for burning), which are the prayers of God’s people (the saints). 

Revelation 8:3-4

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³ And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne.

⁴ And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel.

Wow! These scriptures are so powerful! To think the God who created the universe and everything in it wants to meet with ME and surround ME with His Glory is to great for my little mind to imagine. This God of Glory inhales the sweet perfume of my prayers.

"Precious Jesus, I want to send up fragrant prayers to You today. I worship You for You are mighty. I worship You for You are the perfect sinless Lamb of
God that takes away my sin (John 1:29). I worship You because You deserve my praise. I worship You because You are worthy of my praise in the good times and in the bad times. Thank You because You know my name! Thank You for what You've done for me and thank You for what You are about to do for me and through me! In Jesus' precious name, the Name above every name, AMEN!"