Part 18 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 1

Part 18 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 1

Mark 11:23

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Yesterday I was watching a traditional Easter church service on TV and I was struck by the symbolism used in this particular denomination. The priest walked down the aisle waving a censer filled incense. As he walked through the church the incense filtered throughout the church perfuming the air until the atmosphere became saturated with this sweet smelling offering to God. I was reminded of the scripture;

2 Timothy 3:5a

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:

How easy it is to loose the spiritual reality in what eventually becomes a ritual weather we be Church of England, or Catholic, or Pentecostal, or of any of any other Christian denominational persuasion.

The atmosphere of Gods house was supposed to be that of prayer, true incense sent forth from the heart of Man. The priest in the old testament would take a censer filled with live coals off fire taken from the alter of the Lord, then he would sprinkle incense upon the hot coals, the smoldering incense would then fill the house of God with smoke perfuming the atmosphere with a sweet fragrance. See Number 16:6, 17-18,46.

The censers used inside the tabernacle were made of pure Gold, and were used for burning incense in the Holy Place upon the Alter of Incense; this duty was performed in the morning and later in the evening. It is worthy of note that the tabernacle furniture in the outer court was made of wood and brass, but in the inner court, the candlestick was made of Gold. The alter of incense was covered with a crown of Gold, and gold covered the Ark of the Covenant. The high priest would never enter the Holy place with a brass censer. Once a year the high priest would stand before the alter of incense burning incense which paved the way for him to enter the holiest of all. The Alter of incense was the last piece of furniture in the holy place and it guarded the way to the Holiest of all. No one but h high priest could pass this point and even he, had to pass into the holiest of all burning pure incense.

Leviticus 16:12	And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
13	And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

Building and alter of Incense

We are now at a point in time where we must move on to a higher level of prayer in order to enter into the holiest of all relationship with the Lord. The outer court experience of salvation is good and necessary; the holy place experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is wonderful, but we must move on to a new level in God which can only be done by standing before the alter of incense and burning incense before the Lord.

It is time to establish the alter of incense in our hearts

Just as Salvation is a real experience and the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a wonderful experience so to we must enter into another life changing experience and way of life. The alter of incense needs to be experienced and established in our lives.

Prophetic intercessory prayer is needed to take us into the holiest of all, 
the manifest tangible continuous presence of God

If you want to pass through the veil not just in theory but in experience you must build another alter in your heart that of intercessory prophetic prayer.

We must not stop at Pentecost we must go on, there is so much more. We must not stay just in the holy place but this generation must enter into the holiest of all in order to meet the needs of this generation reaping the final harvest before the Lords return.

Hebrews 6:1	Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go onunto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2	Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3	And this will we do, if God permit.

The Apostle Paul here clearly states that there is more for us to experience that what we currently have, there is another feast or experience after Pentecost, that of the feast of Tabernacles.

Many christens are shocked when you try to tell them that the experience of Pentecost is not the end  or final experience it is just a small deposit of what is to come

Hebrews 12:18	For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19	And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

(This speaks of the experience of Pentecost, they had journeyed fifty days from the first Passover to get to this point, and fifty speaks of Pentecost. Fifty days after the death of Jesus the feast of Pentecost was being observed in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit fell on those in the upper room)

We must not stay at Pentecost we must move on

Hebrews 12:22	But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23	To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Mount Zion was the place where King David took the Ark of the Covenant which was taken from the Holiest of all and placed in a simple open tent on My Zion.

The Tabernacle of David symbolized Christians in these latter days that have moved from the holy place to the holiest of all. Its time to move from Pentecost to Zion, its time to pass the alter of incense into the manifest presence of God and from there heal a dying world.

God Bless youN Johnson ©   April 7. 2007