Revelation 8:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Another

Acts 7:30

Stood

Hebrews 7:25

Much

Leviticus 16:13

Numbers 16:46

Malachi 1:11

Offer it with the prayers

1 John 2:1

General references

Exodus 37:25

Luke 1:10

Revelation 8:4

Bible References

Another

I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,

Then I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire.

Then Israel blessed Joseph by saying: "May the God in whose presence my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has continued shepherding me my whole life even until today,

the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flaming fire from the center of a bush. As Moses continued to watch, amazingly the bush kept on burning, but was not consumed.

"After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

Stood

When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God.

"You are to make an altar for burning incense. You are to make it of acacia wood.

But after he had become strong, in his arrogance he acted corruptly and became unfaithful to the LORD his God, and he dared to enter the LORD's Temple to burn incense on the incense altar.

Who is the one to condemn? It is the Messiah Jesus who is interceding on our behalf. He died, and more importantly, has been raised and is seated at the right hand of God.

Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.

Much

"Then he is to place the incense over the fire in the LORD's presence, ensuring that the smoke from the incense covers the Mercy Seat, according to regulation, so he won't die.

But they fell upon their faces. Then Moses told Aaron. "Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD the plague has begun."

Even so, from where the sun rises to where it sets my name will be great among the Gentiles. Incense will be brought to me everywhere, along with pure offerings, because my name will be great among the Gentiles," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Offer it with the prayers

The smoke from the incense and the prayers of the saints went up from the angel's hand to God.

When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints.

Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice.

And the entire congregation of people was praying outside at the time when the incense was burned.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned.

Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous.

General references

He made the altar for burning incense of acacia wood, a square, one cubit long, one cubit wide, and two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

And the entire congregation of people was praying outside at the time when the incense was burned.

The smoke from the incense and the prayers of the saints went up from the angel's hand to God.