We are not to offer unauthorized incense nor offer an offering on this altar( Exodus 30:9), so we should not presume that our prayers deserve to be answered or that we can bribe God with something to get what we want from Him. Instead, our prayers should be humble, continually praising God, and beseeching Him for favor and knowing that He answers those who diligently seek Him( Jacob / James 1:5-8).
Finally, within the Holy of Holies – and within our heart of hearts – is to be the very mercy seat of God, the ark of the testimony( Exodus 25:10-22, 26:31-24). The ark contained the tablets with the ten words, or utterances( Deuteronomy 10:1-5). S, o God’ s commandments are to be written in our heart of hearts( Jeremiah 31:30-33). Just as God spoke to Moses from between the cherubim, He speaks to us from our heart of hearts. Our deepest place in our hearts is also to be the Most Holy place where God dwells. It is the place that Yeshua as our( Cohen Gadol) High Priest will enter once, on the fulfillment of Yom Kippur when He returns.
He will make known what is in our hearts( Matthew 10:26), and bring us into judgement. Will he find the things he said should be there, or will he find idols in that place( Ezekiel 8)?
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