FEBRUARY 9

ALTAR OF WHOLE STONES

OLUBI JOHNSON

Deuteronomy 27:5-6
And there thou shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

Here, we see God telling His people through Moses to build altars for burnt offerings ONLY of WHOLE STONES, not hewn by human hands or tools (Josh.8:31-32; Exo. 20:25).

What does this say to us today in the New Testament?
Altars are symbolic of our place of prayer; the stones (Matt. 16:16-18) are symbolic of the pure revelation knowledge of God’s Word NOT DISTORTED OR CORRUPTED BY NATURAL HUMAN THINKING OR PHILOSOPHY, on which we base our prayers, and the burnt offerings are symbolic of our prayers.

In Matthew 6:9-13, (often termed “the Lord’s Prayer”), the Lord Jesus gave us the WHOLE STONES UPON WHICH ALL CHRISTIAN PRAYER IS TO BE BASED:

– The ‘stone’ or revelation of WORSHIP, THANKSGIVING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD’S HOLINESS, OMNIPOTENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY.

– The ‘stone’ of ENFORCING THE KINGDOM OR DOMINION OF GOD, SO HIS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

– The ‘stone’ of MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISION.

– The ‘stone’ of FORGIVENESS.

– The ‘stone’ of DOMINION OVER SIN.

– The ‘stone’ of DIVINE PROTECTION.

– The ‘stone’ of SUBMISSION TO GOD’S ETERNAL KINGDOM OR DOMINION AND OMNIPOTENCE.

These ‘whole stones’ are PRINCIPLES that contain a lot of detail which came from God directly through the Lord Jesus Christ without any human contamination or distortion!

The Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul and others, gave the Church more details on how to pray these ‘stones’ with greater depth and power (John 16:12-13).

Let us, therefore, give the more earnest heed to these stones, and the more excellent way of the love of God (Kingdom), which is the first thing sought after worship.

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