Page 5 - 24 The Sanctuary & Its Service

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

sanctuary entered the holy place and placed

fresh incense upon the fire which was

constantly burning upon the golden altar.

Sufficient incense was placed there each

morning to last all day, and at evening the

supply was sufficient to keep the fragrant

smoke ascending through all the dreary hours

of the night. As Israel encamped about the

tabernacle each sleepless one could detect the

fragrance of the incense of the sanctuary as it

was borne upon the breezes of the night.

While the priest was placing the incense on

the sacred fire, and the dense volume of

fragrant smoke ascended, the prayers of the

whole multitude ascended with the smoke.

What could more fitly represent the real

incense,-Christ’s righteousness,-which He