It is right up there with going to the dentist. ![]() Most of us as bible readers, don’t like the book of Leviticus very much. We can afford to lose a lot of things, but not our fiery passion for God. A fire shall always be burning on the altar it shall never go out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it it shall not be put out. And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen trousers he shall put on his body, and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. We are looking at Leviticus 6:8-13 “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. Not some dead, dry, barely surviving church…but a church that is on fire for Jesus! I am convinced now more than ever that the world needs a church that is on fire. ![]() Traditionally, his ill-matched consort was Aphrodite, though Homer lists Charis, the personification of Grace, as Hephaestus’s wife in the Iliad.If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, I encourage you to stay on fire for God. A blacksmith and craftsman, Hephaestus made weapons and military equipment for the gods and certain mortals, including a winged helmet and sandals for Hermes and armour for Achilles. He was brought back to Olympus by Dionysus and was one of the only gods to have returned after exile. His Roman counterpart was Vulcan.Īccording to myth, Hephaestus was born lame and was cast from heaven in disgust by his mother, Hera, and again by his father, Zeus, after a family quarrel. His cult reached Athens not later than about 600 bce (although it scarcely touched Greece proper) and arrived in Campania not long afterward. Originally a deity of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands (in particular Lemnos), Hephaestus had an important place of worship at the Lycian Olympus. Hephaestus, Greek Hephaistos, in Greek mythology, the god of fire. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today. ![]()
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