Altar

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THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE. Among the Jews the brazen altar was for the various offerings when the victim was burnt (Christ on the cross); the golden altar (before the veil) was for burning incense (the sacrifice of praise, fragrant with Christ). Christians are said (Heb. 13:1010We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. (Hebrews 13:10)) to have an altar now (the cross) in which none others have a part. It need scarcely be added, that the application of this word to the “communion table” is utterly unwarranted in Scripture, and conveys an idea that the sacrifice of Christ is not finished, once and forever. The altar in Revelation is the golden altar, and is, of course, a figure.