Do you wonder what happens to your prayers? I do. Where do our prayers go when we pray. To God? To an altar in heaven?
The Bible writes that they have an eternal essense about them. They do not dissipate like the vapour from an aerosol can. They are more like radio waves that remain. Revelations 5:8 says that "the prayers of the saints" are stored in golden vials (bowls) and presented at the throne room of God before the Lamb.
But first our prayers are mixed with incense (perfume) and then they ascend like smoke before God.(Rev.8:3-3). Perfumed prayers. Now that's a thought.
The Old Testament was familiar with this picture. The psalmist wrote in 141:2 "Let my prayer be set before you as incense." All of Exodus 30 deals with building an altar of incense and the composition of the perfume for the atonement prayer.
Expensive perfume lasts a long time. It's a new thought to realize that true prayer mixed with incense will last longer than our mortal bodies.
Nice Post, Daisy. But the alter of incense for the atonement prayer wasn't that before our final atonement paid the final price.
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ReplyDeleteJust thinking about perfume makes me smile. I love the visual of the mix. I think we often minimize the weight of our prayers and this puts it in perspective with God's view. Love the last line.
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