The Altar

The presence of sin creates a barrier between God and humanity due to God’s pure and holy nature. To bridge this gap, God established a sacrificial system in the old testament, providing a substitute for sin to connect with mankind. However, God’s blessings couldn’t be fully delivered until the sin problem was resolved. The Table of the Lord (The Altar) is our connection to God and his promises. If we neglect it, we invite curses into our lives. The table symbolizes the sacrifice needed to reconcile man to God and transform us. God’s rules are unchanging, but He can accept a substitute. We will honor the Lord with joy and reverence by comprehending the table’s power.

The Table of the Lord

The Table of the Lord is the Altar

The Altar may be bloody and gruesome but is where life is shared.

How do we know this?

Is the cup of blessing that we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:16

Jesus sacrificed himself on the ultimate altar, the cross.

Jesus’ blood being shed on the cross brought a new covenant with God the Father.

In the same way, after supper, he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Luke 22:20

When we take Jesus seriously, we can share his life and promises from his shed blood instead of despising him and the cross.

Jesus is our only access to eternal life.

Without Jesus, there is no life; therefore, the association is with the table of demons.

The Table of Demons

At the table of demons, through disobedience and/ or ignorance, we sacrifice our souls (mind, will, and emotions) and share the life of demons.

The only deceptive promise that can be attained through demonic activity is temptations that lead to death.

…but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.

James 1:14-16

No wonder there is no rest for a person who switches tables regularly. In other words, a person who professes Jesus as their Lord and Savior on Sunday, but by Monday, with those same lips, be cussing and fussing. Indulging in sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, see Idolatry.

Marriage

In marriage, whether known or unknown, the union of man and woman will fall on one of the above-mentioned tables.

When two Kingdom Citizens unite in Jesus Christ, God honors the covenant made through Jesus for the couple by faith.

If a Kingdom Citizen sojourns to a citizen of the dark domain, there is nothing to honor. Why? That Kingdom Citizen has willfully decided to reject God over their marriage.

This is why it is never encouraged to tell couples who are already sexually intimate to hurry up and get married so that they will be good. Sexual immorality in any form, rhyme, or reason will cause us to unite with demonic influence.

You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.

Isaiah 57:7

The marriage bed is the altar, and sex is the sacrifice. This is where the physical act of sharing life occurs. If the relationship is without God’s covenantal protection, then the physical act of sex is another avenue of sharing life with demons.