Enter His Presence at the Altar of Incense:
God’s Blueprint of Encountering His Presence
Exodus 30: 1-9
Encountering God in the Holy Place:
For Cell Discussion and Devotional
Icebreaker: How has the worship experience in the
final session of the Tabernacle series helped you in
your understanding of worship to God? What
important lessons have you learned from this series?
A. Table of Showbread: Submit your _______________ to God
B. Golden Lampstand: Submit your ________________to God
C. Altar of Incense: Submit your ___________________to God
What is God saying about our worship at the Altar of
Incense?
A. To enter the Holies of Holy, you must give an
1. Read Proverbs 3:6, Luke 16:10, Jeremiah 12:5, 1
John 5:14, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 16:25, Psalm
40:81. How do these verses help us understand
about our will and God’s will?
2. Read 1 Corinthians 2: 12-16. Is it possible for
humans to know the mind of God? What does Paul
mean by renewing our minds in Romans 12:1-2?
Share with your group how you were able to
discern God’s wisdom in a difficult or challenging
situation?
____________________________ worship to God
B. Two Conditions:
1. God accepts your ____________________ worship
2. God accepts your ____________________ worship
3. Read 3 John 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:7. How is our
emotions (soul) related to our general well-being
(happiness, contentment, wholeness)? Is it
possible to have controi over our emotions/
feelings? How can we better prepare our hearts for
daily worship to God?
Enter His Presence
Enter His Presence
Objectives:
thro’ the Tabernacle
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Understand What Worship is.
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God’s Blueprint of Encountering His Presence
Experience God’s Roadmap of Worship to Him.
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Series:
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Oct 4 – Through the Tabernacle
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Oct 11 – Through the Courtyard
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Oct 18 – Through the Holy Place
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Oct 25 – Altar of Incense (Worship Experience)
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1 Nov – The Ark of Covenant
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Text: Exodus 30:1-9;
Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. It is
to be square, a cubit long & a cubit wide, & two cubits
high – its horns of one piece with it. Overlay the top & all
the sides & the horns with pure gold, & make a gold
moulding around it. Make two gold rings for the altar
below the moulding – two on opposite sides – to hold
the poles used to carry it. Make the poles of acacia
wood & overlay them with gold. Put the altar in front of
the curtain that is before the ark of the Testimony!
!  Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every
morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn
incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so
incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the
generations to come. Do not offer on this altar any other
incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, & do not
pour a drink offering on it.
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Enter His Presence
At the Altar of Incense
Encountering God in the Holy Place
3 Items in The Holy Place
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What God is Saying About Our Worship
At the Altar of Incense
Table of Showbread
Symbolism of
Submitting Your
Will to God
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Symbolism of
Submitting Your
Mind to God
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Golden Lamp Stand
Altar of Incense
Symbolism of
Submitting Your
Emotions to God
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enter the Holies of Holy, you must give an
Acceptable Worship to God.
Conditions:
1. God Accepts Your Personal Worship
2. God Accepts Your Passionate Worship
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