Holy Fire!

“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar, it shall never go out.” -Leviticus 6:13

The days are upon the church that has seen the Lord bring a supernatural anointing as never seen before. The Lord’s promise to us is that the altar shall never be without the fire of the Holy Spirit. It does not matter our circumstance and even if our situation looks bleak-the fire burns! Our power is established in the work of the cross. It is an eternal work that yields a great harvest and gives us the power to experience the presence of the Lord in our daily lives. David said it best when he penned these words, “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.” -Psalm 122:1. There is no greater thing that we can do except to remain in His presence, to worship Him, to walk in His kingdom promises, and to sustain the fires of a burning gospel within the hearts of the church. The fire remains burning and still in order for us to experience this anointing in our life we must maintain the Lord’s command to Aaron when placing our offering upon this holy fire.

1- The offering must remain burning through the night [Lev. 6:9]- the description of the night in this instance may have been a time continuum in Leviticus 6. However, in this present age it is a season of Holy Spirit anointing to yield a harvest in the church in order to win souls for Christ. There has been a releasing of evangelical power on the land and in the nations. The Gospel gives hope when the dark powers of the world are seeking to destroy every remnant of the Christian life. We know the night represents darkness. We are in dark times with riots in our streets, an epidemic that seeks to destroy our way of life, our history being erased before us, and many of us believing there is no end to these planned strategies of the enemy. Yet, in our weakness He is strong. In our despair He gives hope. The fire will never burn out!

2-Put on robes of righteousness [Lev. 6:10]- Our identity is in Christ. He has removed the filthy rags of our sinful lives and given us His Spirit. We are hidden in Him and we no longer live but He lives in us. In so doing, we have the power of the cross, the manifestation of Pentecost, and the favor of God in being called sons of God because Jesus paid the price. He has given us authority to tred upon scorpions and to place the demonic forces of this world’s present darkness under our feet. We must not hide our righteousness but rather proudly display it to a dying world. It is the lamp unto our feet and the light that shines in the darkness. When we display the light of the righteousness of Christ it draws men unto Him. Our linen robes represent the ever-present power of God upon the earth.

3-The imposition of our ashes [Lev. 6:10]- This is a reminder of our death. It is a symbol of sorrow for our sins. The ashes represent both repentance and mourning for our sins. The Lord commands that the ashes be removed from the altar and be taken to a clean place outside the camp. The inference to this passage is clear. No sin is to remain in the temple. Once it is placed at the altar and the offering is consumed so our sins must be removed from God’s holy place. When He washes us clean from our sinful ways, we are no longer to have sin remaining in our bodies [the temple of God]. This also represents an administration of the gospel message. He consumes our sins and destroys their yoke. Bringing the ashes outside of the temple is two-fold: 1-Our bodies become the righteousness of Christ-the temple remains pure; and 2- The world must witness the results of the consummation of our sin turned into ashes and no longer having power over us. We are changed because of Him!

4-The changing of garments[Lev. 6:11]- The Lord commands a changing of garments when bringing our absolved sin outside the temple. In the presence of God we are transformed and seen before His throne in white linen garments of righteousness. It is the presence of God that clothes us in the power of His glory. These are garments of praise that represent His manifestation. The changing into other garments and removing the ashes of our sin to a clean place represents the work of the ministry to present the gospel to a lost and dying world. A world that cannot comprehend God’s glory. The world comes to Christ through the hearing of the word but we enter into God’s presence through the manifestation of His anointing.

5-The wood is our salvation [Lev.6:12]- God commands that wood be placed upon the alter every morning. Noah’s Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, and the cross of Christ are both wrapped in the symbolism of wood. This wood represents our salvation and the humanity of Jesus. In God’s infinite wisdom this is a representation of bad being turned into good. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies are new every morning. We must present ourselves to Him daily at the altar. It is the very fuel that keeps the promise of the fire burning.

Every aspect of our Christian walk is motivated by the prophetic anointing of the Living God. Let us therefore endeavor to remain faithful in our pursuit of Holy Fire!

Dr. Steve Rocco-