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THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE
happens at salvation. This is simply not the case. The Holy Spirit comes to
live in the heart of someone when they do accept Christ as we can see in 1
Corinthians 12:13 when it states “we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
body.” This is salvation. The Holy Spirit baptizes us into Christ. When this
happens the Spirit of God dwells in us, for we are the temple of the Holy
Spirit. After this experience we see a clothing of power available to us. Acts
8:14­17 is a prime example of this. “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard
that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to
them. When they arrived they prayed for them that they might receive the
Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they
had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and
John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.” You will
notice the passage above said the Holy Spirit had not yet come “upon” any
of them. That is the key difference. These people were saved and baptized
in water, but the clothing of power was not released to them yet. They re­
ceived it when Peter and John laid hands on them.
The clothing of glory
The third and final layer of clothing on the priest was the gold ephod. It was
like a vest with a belt. The shoulder pieces that had chains to hold the
breastplate over the heart of the priests speaks of responsibility. The breast­
plate had twelve stones that spoke of the twelve tribes if Israel. The twelve
tribes of Israel, God’s people, were to be close to the heart of the priest in
prayer. He was to make intercession on behalf of Israel. This was his re­
sponsibility. The gold ephod speaks of the glory. Just as the blue speaks of
the clothing of power. The gold speaks of a clothing of glory. In the Holy of
Holies dwells the glory of God. We can press into this glory by praise, wor­
ship, prayer, and intercession. We can see this in the book of revelation 5:8
when it says; “they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints.” To the Lord, our worship and prayer is a sweet in­
cense before him. We also see a story in Numbers 16, where the Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram led a rebellion against Moses. This caused a great an­
ger in the Lord and a plague came on the people so that many died. In verse
47 Aaron ran in the midst of the people burning incense before the Lord. The
plague stopped and the Bible says in verses 47­48 “Aaron offered the in­
cense and made atonement for them. He stood between the living and
dead.” This is the power of intercession. Prayer is fellowship and petition, but
intercession is getting between the Lord and someone asking for mercy.
How many of us go in between our lost loved ones and God pleading for
their souls? This is true intercession. We stand in the gap on someone’s
behalf. Abraham did this for Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18. Moses did
this on behalf of Israel in Exodus 32. It is our responsibility as priests before
God to intercede on behalf of those that are lost. Also, the breastplate repre­
senting God’s people should be dear to our hearts in prayer. For we are all
priests unto the Lord as seen in 1 Peter 2:5.
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