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Prayer is Powered by the Cross
Commentators explain that applying sacrificial blood to the altar of incense (representing prayer) is highly symbolic. It shows that our prayers are only made acceptable to God through the atoning sacrifice of Christ. As scholars like John Calvin and Matthew Henry note, Christ's ongoing intercession for us derives all its power and effectiveness from His suffering and shed blood.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 30:1–10
18th Century
Theologian
(Exodus 37:25–28; Exodus 40:26–27). The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood ([Reference Exodus 25…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 30:10
19th Century
Bishop
Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year. —This passage seems to determine the sense of Leviticus 16:18, where so…
John Calvin
On Exodus 30:10
16th Century
Theologian
And Aaron shall make an atonement. We should observe here the correspondence between the two altars. For, as the Israelites were admonishe…
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John Gill
On Exodus 30:10
17th Century
Pastor
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in
a year
On the day of a…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 30:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The altar of incense represented the Son of God in his human nature, and the incense burned on it typified his pleading for his people. The continu…