May our prayer be like an incense before God

May our prayer be like an incense before God

Psalm 141:2(May our prayer be like an incense before God)

                ² May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

Luke 1:9(Zechariah went to temple of the Lord to burn the incense)

                ⁸ Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, ⁹ he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰ And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

Rev 5:8(Each angel had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people)

                ⁷ He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. ⁸ And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

Rev 8:3(Angel was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne)

                ³ Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. ⁴ The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.

Ex 30:1-6(God meets with us when the incense is burned at the altar)

                ¹ “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. ² It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high^[a]—its horns of one piece with it. ³ Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. ⁴ Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it. ⁵ Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ⁶ Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.

 We learn the following from the above verses

1)      May our prayer be like an incense before God

2)      Zechariah went to temple of the Lord to burn the incense

3)      Each angel had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people

4)      Angel was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne

5)      God meets with us when the incense is burned at the altar