On the Lap of the Most High 

No other word is more appropriate to express the greatness of the Place where you have an Encounter with the Almighty God of Abraham like the word ALTAR.

God did not create the Altar to be a stage for gospel shows or choir music;

He did not create the Altar to serve as a political platform;

He did not create the Altar so people would exalt the men who preach on it;

Nor did He create the Altar to transmit feelings or an emotional faith;

No, a thousand times, no!

The Altar was created for sacrifice.

That’s right, it was created exclusively for the offering giver to resolve his greatest problem with God: return to Him.

Whenever the Most High revealed Himself to the patriarchs, prophets and servants, immediately they were impelled to build an Altar and sacrifice.

After a wonderful dream, Jacob took the rock he used as a pillow, built an Altar and sacrificed the rest of the oil he had left in the desert. Then, he made his vow of faith. (Genesis 28)

Therefore, the Altar is a Place of Encounter with God, of unconditional surrender, of sacrifice…

It was created to receive symbolic offerings from those who are willing to obey.

Holy and pure offerings, symbols of the Firstborn of God, Jesus.

The Altar is the dwelling place of God on Earth.

A person that has surrendered on the Altar becomes a mobile Altar of the Holy Spirit.

Like the Altar represents God on Earth, the offering represents the life of the offering giver on the Altar.

For this reason, the Altar becomes the Lap of God for the faithful offering giver.

Only the Altar has authority to sanctify the offering and validate the offering giver’s presence before the Most High.

On the other hand, if the offering is unclean, the offering giver is not accepted before God.

The Lord Jesus considers those who value the offering more than the Altar, and the gold more than the Altar that sanctifies the gold, to be blind.

Why are they like this? Because they are in the flesh. Their eyes are malicious and they can only see the offering as a monetary value. They cannot discern spiritual values ​​because the god of this world has kept them blind.

And if they cannot see the offering as a symbol of their life on the Altar, how can they see the Altar as a symbol of God?

This is why the Lord Jesus calls them hypocrites and blind.

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the Altar that sanctifies the gift? Matthew 23.19