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If you google about the type of altar God accepts, you will find that He instructed His people to make altars of unhewn stones. He did not want any "tooled" altars. (man made bricks, carved, engraved, etc.) This is probably a connection to the commandment to not make any graven images. Most likely, altars of pagans were engraved with icons and images of deities and symbols of their pagan religions. Also, perhaps He instructed this way so that the people would know that they could make an altar of stones anywhere and anytime. They would not have to travel to a temple or place of worship. They could worship God anytime, anywhere, in any circumstance.
Hi Sandy Most Alters or symple places of worship were just made of stone literally large rocks that no tools were used at certain locations where a Godly event took place. There are also times when these alters were made and either individuals or
the people gathered together to commit something to God. Basically swearing by the alter. In the Book of 1 Kings
18:21 is the start of a fantastic record of God by a prophet bringing His people back to Him By a Miracle. There was an
altar on mount Carmel and Elijah called all the people together and said tell you what lets set up the altar and prepare
a sacrifice and the prophets of baal or satan can call on their god and if he burns the sacrifice no matches he's god, but if I call on the Lord thy God and if He burn's it up then worship him. So 850 worships of baal prayed all day almost no
fire, and they were so angry they were cutting themselves and wrecked the altar. Then Elijah instructed the people exactly how to reassemble it and
fried some heads when He ordered 4 barrels of water poured over the whole sacrifice until it was soaked prayed to the
God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob for fire to come down and it cane down from heaven and burn't the offering the wood and stone, end result 850 prophets of baal were slaughtered, and the people for a while turned back to Jehovah.
That's a situation of swearing by a sacrifice. Complete story 1 Kings 18:17-40. Good Stuff
I am visualizing a beautiful place in the woods but I could well be missing the meaning
If you google about the type of altar God accepts, you will find that He instructed His people to make altars of unhewn stones. He did not want any "tooled" altars. (man made bricks, carved, engraved, etc.) This is probably a connection to the commandment to not make any graven images. Most likely, altars of pagans were engraved with icons and images of deities and symbols of their pagan religions. Also, perhaps He instructed this way so that the people would know that they could make an altar of stones anywhere and anytime. They would not have to travel to a temple or place of worship. They could worship God anytime, anywhere, in any circumstance.
the people gathered together to commit something to God. Basically swearing by the alter. In the Book of 1 Kings
18:21 is the start of a fantastic record of God by a prophet bringing His people back to Him By a Miracle. There was an
altar on mount Carmel and Elijah called all the people together and said tell you what lets set up the altar and prepare
a sacrifice and the prophets of baal or satan can call on their god and if he burns the sacrifice no matches he's god, but if I call on the Lord thy God and if He burn's it up then worship him. So 850 worships of baal prayed all day almost no
fire, and they were so angry they were cutting themselves and wrecked the altar. Then Elijah instructed the people exactly how to reassemble it and
fried some heads when He ordered 4 barrels of water poured over the whole sacrifice until it was soaked prayed to the
God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob for fire to come down and it cane down from heaven and burn't the offering the wood and stone, end result 850 prophets of baal were slaughtered, and the people for a while turned back to Jehovah.
That's a situation of swearing by a sacrifice. Complete story 1 Kings 18:17-40. Good Stuff
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