This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
Ezekiel 43:12
If maintained and fed, holiness is infectious. Wickedness, however, doesn't need help to spread. It's important to resist and flee temptation, but it's also important to actively pursue righteousness.
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You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
#exodus 30:1
The altar of incense is missing from the first description of the Tabernacle earlier in Exodus. Perhaps because the Tabernacle is patterned on Heaven and the altar is an image of our relationship with God through prayer and worship that rises up from the Earth. There is nothing higher than God's throne room.
Like the bronze altar and the Shewbread Table, the incense altar was square, possibly a metaphoric connection to the "four corners" of the earth. It was made of a solid block of ****tim wood (acacia) and then overlaid with gold.
Only one variety of incense is allowed on the altar of incense. God is very particular about how he is to be approached and worshiped. Don't mix pagan practices with the worship of YHWH. Exodus 30:9
#tetzaveh
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It's helpful to understand that Paul talks about at least 4 different kinds of laws and at least 4 different kinds of spirits. There isn't always a clear line between these different categories, but knowing that they exist can bring a lot of clarity to confusing passages like #romans 7 and 8.
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