Illustrates cleansing by the
blood – Salvation
The English word ‘altar’ means ‘lifted
up’.
See John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32 along with 14:6
Christ was lifted up on Calvary to be the Way,
the Truth and the Life.
The Hebrew word means ‘Place of Slaughter’.
This was a place of blood and death.
The Position of the Altar
At the door of the tabernacle (Exodus 40:6).
It was the first item seen on entering through
the Gate.
The Prominence of the Altar
In size (verse 1).
In use (exodus 29:38-42; 2 Chronicles 1:5-7).
In scripture.
The Plan of the Altar
Designed by God but made by man. (Acts 2:23)
Substance (verse 1)
Strengthening (verse 2)
Shape (verse 1)
Staves (verses 6&7)
Support (verse 4&5) A grate.
The Propitiation at the Altar
(verse 3)
1) Shedding of blood and the death of the
sacrifice (Leviticus 1:5; 17:11; Hebrews 9:22,23)
2) Fire of God fell on the sacrifice (Leviticus
9:24; 6:13; Hebrews 12:29; 1 Thessalonians 1:8) Christ quenched
the fire for his people.
3) Ashes (Leviticus 6:10,11; Hebrews 10:11,12;
9:26; John 19:41)
Ashes are the record that the fire had completed
it work. They were carried to a clean place. Ashes were used for
sprinkling the unclean. (Numbers 19)
The power of the Altar (verse
2)
Horns are a symbol of power (Habakkuk 3:4;
Daniel 7:8; Revelation 13:1-11)
There is sin destroying power in the precious
blood of Christ shed on Calvary.
The Penitent at the Altar
(Leviticus 1:2-51)
The sinner was to put his hands upon the
sacrifice as a symbol of confession, acceptance and identification
with it.
When the sacrifice was offered, God said He
would meet with them (Exodus 29:37,42,43).
The Perversion of the Altar
In Leviticus 9:24; 10:1,2 Nadab and Abihu
offered strange fire to the Lord and fire from heaven destroyed
them.
In 2 Kings 16:0-16 King Ahaz replaced the brazen
altar with a copy of a pagan altar and later in 2 Chronicles
28:23-25 closed up the house of the Lord.
In 2 Chronicles 29:18-36 King Hezekiah restored
the altar to its proper place. That was revival.
The Presentation at the Altar
There were thank offerings presented at the
altar. Also the offering of the basket of the firstfruits.
Such love demands a response from the believer
– our bodies as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1)
Luke 23:33 ‘Calvary, there
they crucified Him’
