Build An Altar

 

What would a priest be without an altar?

Priests serve at the altar, that's their station; their place of assignment.

In the old testament section of the scriptures, the patriarchs erected altars whenever they journeyed to new towns or locations, they erected altars in gratitude after getting answers to prayer or after enjoying God's blessings and benevolence.

The good Book has a lot to say about altars.

Altars are mentioned over 400 times in the scriptures.

Anything mentioned more than once in the scriptures is worth noting for "once has God spoken, twice have we heard that all power belongs to God"

A Pharaoh once had two different dreams with the same meaning in one night which troubled him, the story can be found in the Genesis account.

Anxious for an answer, he summoned his magicians and wise men who eat at his table to give him the interpretation of his dream. None of them knew the interpretation of the dream, neither could they gave him a satisfactory answer.

It was then the Pharaoh's cupbearer remembered Joseph for Joseph had interpreted a dream for him which also involved his colleague the Pharoah's previous baker when they were in prison.

According to Joseph's interpretation of that dream, the cupbearer of Pharaoh would be restored to his position and job at the Pharoah's side; while the Pharoah's baker would not make it, he was to be hanged.

It happened exactly as Joseph had predicted by interpretation.

It is worth noting that when Joseph stood before the Pharaoh he told the Pharaoh the dreams he had in the same night have the same meaning, the Pharaoh had two dreams as a witness that God will surely do what the Pharaoh had dreamed about. He then interpreted the dream and proffered a solution.

Two is the number of witness, it is a confirmation, it is evidence a thing will happen or a matter should be taken seriously.

Altars are mentioned not twice but over four hundred times in the Bible.

Over four hundred times! That is the number two multiplied by two hundred, and more.

It proves the topic of altars is one which we should take mega serious and understand.

Joseph was greatly blessed, the favor of God was upon his life. His ancestry points to altars.

He was from a lineage of altar erecting Patriarchs, men who had a relationship with God.

Altars serve a purpose, a divine purpose, they act as a meeting point between the divine and men.

There are both good and evil altars.

Evil altars are meeting points of worship and reverence between men and evil spirits.

In the presence of evil altars and through such altars, all sorts of manipulation has gone on- destinies have been tampered with, evil released upon lives, names and individuals cursed, human spirits summoned, astral projection carried out and evil decrees made.

The will of God is that such altars are pulled down and destroyed and God's judgement decreed upon  such altars and locations.

Evil altars are the fake of the original.

In the presence of God we see from the book of Revelation that there is an altar in God's presence, a golden altar.

The concept of altars is from God. men learned to build altars due to God's inspiration and instruction.

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob were altar building men who had a relationship with God.

Temples had altars and tabernacles of worship too.

The ark of the testimony was a scared chest that functioned as an altar.

Altars will always be relevant as long as God has an altar.

What an altar is and how they are operated in the new testament, is significantly different to how altars were presented in the old testament section of scriptures.

Prayers are made before altars, answers to prayers have been received before altars, divine encounters have been had at altars. people have received life and also received judgement before altars, as well as people being blessed or cursed before altars.

At the place of the altar, sacrifices have been rejected and accepted.

At the place of the altar destinies have blossomed and lives have found a new meaning.

You can build an altar in your home!

Your own place of meeting with God, the Lord will accept it, more so if you have a relationship with God through Jesus the Christ.

That relationship qualifies us to build altars because we are priests unto God through the Lord Jesus Christ, but very importantly we are living altars.

Our hearts are altars unto God.

The cross of Jesus Christ is an altar.

We can always approach it in the place of faith for deliverance, repentance, freedom, grace and cleansing.

We are priests unto God through the Lord Jesus Christ!

We can built altars of resilience, sacrifice, faith, dedication and prayer to God.

"we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people who have been called to show forth the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light!"

May God have respect unto your altar.