Bible Study Company: Podcast For Pewsitters

Through the books of the Bible, we come to Exodus 30 which gives us an exciting design for prayer! A sin offering is made on the large altar which we tackled in other podcasts. Our podcast today is discussing the altar of incense. When we are serious about dealing with sin in our life we will recognize that the sacrifice of animals can only COVER over our sin. The animals were innocent. We are not. This fact should create a desire for gratitude toward God for providing a way to get close to Him. The sacrifice is pointing to Christ. Next, we have the altar of incense which is a picture of the pattern of prayer. Repentance of our sins and self-will leads to worship. This is a soothing aroma for God. As believers in Christ, we want to offer prayers that deal with the recognition of our need to obliterate sin. When we deal with sin, we then submit to God's authority in our lives (the four horns) and move toward a relationship with Almighty God that shuns sin! These prayers are answered because we are aligning wit