Basis for our Studies:
The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.
The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!
Praying through the Sanctuary:
The Psalmist actually tells us that in praying through the Sanctuary, we will come to more intimately know Yahweh.
Psalm 77:11-13 – “I will remember the works of Yahweh: surely I will remember Thy Wonders of old. I will meditate also of all Thy Work, and talk of Thy Doings. Thy Way, O God, is in the Sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?”
Sanctuary Prayer Ingredient #9: The Altar of Incense - Prayer
· The Sanctuary on Earth shows us that the focus isn’t on “going to Heaven someday”. The goal is restored communion with Yahweh. Enoch “walked with God” and “was not” for “God took him.” This is the process of Redemption for every saved person. In the Sanctuary we learn to walk with Yahweh… This is the Place of Prescence, Fellowship, and Dwelling.
This thread runs from Genesis to Revelation… from Eden, through the Tabernacle and the
Temple, through Messiah and Spirit-filled believers all the way to the New Jerusalem.
The whole point is restored Dwelling.
The Bread of Presence plus the Incense reveal that Yahweh
desires more than legal acquittal. Yahweh desired nearness. Relationship.
Covenant Fellowship.
·
Exodus 33:11
“And Yahweh spake unto Moses Face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.”
·
Psalm 27:4
“One thing have I desired of Yahweh, that will I seek after; that I may
dwell in the House of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh,
and to enquire in His Temple.”
An Illustration from the story of Mephibosheth… Mephibosheth used to live in the royal house
(Palace)… Sin caused him to lose this
lifestyle… He is crippled, living in
exile and unable to restore himself to his former estate. David brings him near
with the fellowship of “eating at my table continually”… How does Mephibosheth
get there? Not because he earned a place there, but because Covenant love
remembered him…
·
2 Samuel 9:7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for
Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy
father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
The goal was bringing the lost one back to the King’s Table.
·
1 Corinthians 10:20-21 – “But I say, that the things
which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I
would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the Cup
of Yahweh, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of Yahweh’s Table, and
of the table of devils.”
People today – Christians – want forgiveness without
fellowship, Salvation without surrender, blessings without His Presence, and
they want Eternal Life without the obedience that intimacy with Yahweh
requires.
Eternal Life IS knowing Him (which is the opposite of
what happened the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil) – John 17:3
Yahweh desires to dwell in His people
·
Revelation 3:20 – Table fellowship restored…
Covenant meal imagery… The story ends
where it was headed all along…
Revelation 19:9 – The Marriage Supper.
· Scripture begins with a meal in the Garden. It ends with a meal at a Wedding. The entire story of Redemption is journey back to the Father’s Table.
Putting
it all Together in Prayer (Example):
Step
1: Approach the Sanctuary
“Dear Heavenly Father, Today, I praise Your holy Name that You have called
me to be among Abraham’s Seed, which is Israel. Having been baptized, and
having put on Christ, I renew that Calling and claim upon my life today. I
choose to be among Abraham’s Seed, and an heir according to Your Promise…
Today, I thank You that I can make this choice, and I choose to be a full
partaker of the Covenant made with Abraham and his Seed…”
Step 2:
Enter the Door
“I praise You, Yahweh, for providing the Door
to Life – Yahshua. I choose to enter into Your Life today, through Messiah. I
acknowledge that You are Calling me to serve You as a priest and king. I humbly
accept Your Calling into Your Service. I recognize that I cannot hold onto the
world and enter Your narrow Way. The Door to Life involves leaving the flesh
and its lusts behind. Today, I choose You. I want You more. And I leave behind
the world and choose Your Kingdom.”
Steps 3
and 4: Come inside the Walls of His Righteousness & Receive His Pure Word
(Columns)
“I praise You, Yahweh, for Your Torah and I
choose today to fully walk in obedience to You. I reject the old brackish
waters of the world, and seek the clean water of Your Kingdom and Word. I claim
Your Redemption and trust in Your Strength to provide it. Help me to live this choice
in full Shema, today.”
Step 5:
Receive Justification in the Courtyard and Die with Him for this Day (the Altar
of Burnt Sacrifice)
“Dear Heavenly Father, I ask You to help me,
today, to view sin in light of the Cross. Deliver me from my appetite for sin.
Help me to see it by what it cost You to free me from it. I honor You, Yahshua,
as the Worthy Lamb that was slain. And I claim Your precious Blood in cleansing
for my sin (confess and repent for your known sins specifically). (Also name
your areas of wounding and suffering, and claim His healing over you). I choose
today to die to my old man of sin – sins of my past – and all in me that is not
according to Your Will. Please help me to have as much attraction to my old
sins as a dead man.”
Step 6:
Enter the Bridal Chamber – the Holy Place – and Abide there within its Golden
Walls
“Today, Heavenly Father, I choose to enter the
Bridal Chamber relationship with Yahshua, with all that this means and implies.
I choose today to be Ta’am (joined) with Messiah. May I disappear, being so
completely joined with Him. I ask Your Strength and Your Name (as a mighty
Tower) so that I would be completely resistant to sin and a fit dwelling Place
for Your Spirit. I invite You into my Soul Temple today. I wish to emulate and
reflect Your lovely Character. And I seek to align my life with Your lovely
Torah, recognizing that it is the Wall of Protection, the Ketubah of the Bridal
Chamber and the Way of Life.”
Step 7:
Partake of the Bread of Presence
“I seek today to be restored to the Eden
Relationship with You. In so doing, I ask to enter Your Presence and to enjoy Fellowship
at Your Table. I claim Your Promises that, as the Seed of Abraham, I may
partake with You today. Please bless me and feed my soul with the heritage of
Jacob, as I eat from the Bread of Your Presence, in Your Word just now. (At
this stage, open the Bible and do your “eating from the Word”…) (Add in
whatever you found in the Word to your prayer and turn it into a prayer
response to your Scripture reading for that day)… Father, I praise You that You
have called me to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Help me to live in this
Calling today.”
Step 8:
Refresh the Incense – Intercession and Worship
“Heavenly Father, I pray with the Psalmist
that You would let my prayer be counted as incense before You just now (Psalm
141:2). I seek the Breath of Heaven. Oh, please quicken and enliven me with
Your Spirit. Breathe upon me and grant that the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart would be acceptable in Your Sight (Psalm 19:14). I pray
that this sweet incense of my Spirit-empowered prayers will continue to ascend
before You throughout this day and that I will abide always in Your Presence.
As I bring the incense of this prayer before
You, I begin with Onycha in offering the sacrifice of my praise to You for Your
lovely Character and Goodness. (Praise Yahweh in specific ways… One way is to praise Him for His many Names,
all of which reveal various aspects of His Character… the Almighty, Yahovah
Yireh, Yahweh, the Great I AM, Alpha and Omega, etc…) I praise You for the
Provision of Yahshua, Who truly is the Rose of Sharon (praise Yahweh for Salvation
in Yahshua, etc)…
I offer before You the Stacte. In this, I
accept Your Calling today to be a part of the Elijah Team. Please help me to
live in Your Torah, and to help restore Your Truth and Law in the hearts and
minds of those with whom I come into contact today.
I bring the Galbanum asking for “antiseptic” cleansing from sin for (name the people you are praying for and list the matters and sins. Claim Yahshua’s Blood over them in these areas and come against the strongholds of the enemy in their lives, beseeching Yahweh to now have the legal right to smash the blinders on their eyes and reveal His Truth, doing all that Heaven can do to bring them to repentance. (Intercede for each person on your prayer list in this portion of the prayer). (Remember and use the Psalm 4 intercessory SOS prayer as needed... It takes a lot of "energy" to pray this way, so it isn't recommended to pray this every day, just do it as an SOS)...
Finally, I offer the frankincense as a gift to You. Grant me pure faith and create in me a clean heart (Psalm 51:10). Empower me, by Your indwelling Grace, to present my body as a living sacrifice that is holy and acceptable unto You (Romans 12:1). I choose to serve You this day. Not my will, but Thine be done in my life.
On Monday, we will be looking at the Menorah and its connections to the Tree of Life...
Video Links
· The Tabernacle and What it Reveals to Us - (5 minute video by Chosen People Ministries)
The Tabernacle of Moses Structure - 3D Animation - (6 minute and 51 second video by Messages of Christ)
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