Num 4:11-12 | KingComments | STEP | The golden altar of incense is first covered with a blue cloth. The prayers and worship that this altar is reminiscent of ( ; ), are necessary for the church, that they may preserve their heavenly character during their journey through the wilderness. The covering of porpoise skin symbolically expresses the fact that these kinds of activities are unattractive to the world. The heavenly value of it has been hidden from the world. So it is with all the service that happens in the sanctuary: it is heavenly in character, hidden from the world, and what she sees of it is unattractive to her.

‏ Numbers 4:11-12

Covering over the Golden Altar

The golden altar of incense is first covered with a blue cloth. The prayers and worship that this altar is reminiscent of (Psa 141:2; Rev 5:8b), are necessary for the church, that they may preserve their heavenly character during their journey through the wilderness. The covering of porpoise skin symbolically expresses the fact that these kinds of activities are unattractive to the world. The heavenly value of it has been hidden from the world.

So it is with all the service that happens in the sanctuary: it is heavenly in character, hidden from the world, and what she sees of it is unattractive to her.