TNP - THE FIRE MUST NEVER GO OUT!

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'The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it.

It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
"Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.                  Leviticus 6:13
The priests were to keep them burning perpetually. Our job and their's was to put the wood on the fire, and to prepare the sacrifice. 

God's job was to bring the fire down and consume the sacrifice.  

A few weeks ago I shared a picture I received during Thursday night prayer of three altars and the shepherds that came carrying their tiny tinder boxes. 

These tinder boxes represented the shepherds trying to 'strike the rock' (flint) to make a spark, instead of 'speaking to the rock' invoking the name of God to bring the fire. The substance of our lives is the fuel for the fire, we must bring the sacrifice, He will bring the fire. 

You provide the Fire... I'll provide the sacrifice, 
You provide the Spirit... and I will open up inside. Jesus Culture music

We see this clearly illustrated in the story of Elijah vs.the 400 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, found in 1 Kings 18. 
25 So Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves and dress it first, for ye are many, and invoke in the name of your gods, but put no fire under it.
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it and invoked in the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us. But there was no voice nor anyone that answered. And they jumped up and down near the altar which they had made.
28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
29 And when midday was past, even so they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, and there was neither voice nor anyone that answered nor anyone that heard.
30 Then Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name;
32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; then he made a trench round about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order and cut the bullock in pieces and laid it on the wood and said, Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.
34 And he said, Do it the second time, and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time, and they did it the third time.
35 So that the water ran round about the altar, and he had filled the trench also with water.
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I am thy slave and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God and that thou shalt convert their heart back again to thee.
38 Then fire of the LORD fell, which consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And seeing it, all the people fell on their faces, and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
                                                                                I Kings 18:21


Elijah did not try to lit the fire himself, he invoked the name of the Lord and God lit the fire.  

You Fill Me  Jesus Culture music, listen to the opening lines...

You provide the Fire... I'll provide the sacrifice, 
You provide the Spirit... and I will open up inside. 

I had never heard this song until about two weeks after I posted this to the blog and at least four weeks after I wrote it, But the song was posted on YouTube back in April of 2012  I just happened across it and added the link last week.

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Various writings from the past
The Road Not Taken
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Comments

  1. 33 And he put the wood in order

    had been thinking about "order" prior to reading this blog. any insight????

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