The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t merely symbolic. | Inwardly Digest
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Incense is quite simply burned as an offering to God. Source: The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t merely symbolic. – Inwardly Digest "Incense is quite simply burned as an offering to God. The rising smoke of the incense fills the air with something beautiful in the same way that our voices fill the air when we sing. They are both ways in which God’s faithful people have sought to honor and worship their creator from the earliest biblical times. We don’t talk about singing as if it were symbolic of worship; it is worship. Music in church is not there to entertain the congregation; it is there to glorify God. We need to start thinking of incense in the same way."
The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t merely symbolic. | Inwardly Digest
The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t…
The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t merely symbolic. | Inwardly Digest
Incense is quite simply burned as an offering to God. Source: The real reason we burn incense: It isn’t merely symbolic. – Inwardly Digest "Incense is quite simply burned as an offering to God. The rising smoke of the incense fills the air with something beautiful in the same way that our voices fill the air when we sing. They are both ways in which God’s faithful people have sought to honor and worship their creator from the earliest biblical times. We don’t talk about singing as if it were symbolic of worship; it is worship. Music in church is not there to entertain the congregation; it is there to glorify God. We need to start thinking of incense in the same way."