Olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. The functional materials — the lamp oil, the spices for the anointing oil, and the incense spices — are included in the community offering list. The daily operation of the sanctuary requires ongoing supply of these materials. The lamp that burns perpetually and the incense that rises morning and evening are sustained by what the community brings. Revelation 8:4 says the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up before God — the incense Israel brings in the wilderness anticipates the prayers that rise before God through every generation.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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