Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

The fact is that all information and knowledge must first come though the five main senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching before we can learn anything. We learn the danger of a hot stove through the sense of touching. We understand foods we like and dislike through the sense of taste. We select colognes, perfumes, and body lotions by the sense of smell. Through the sense of touch we are stimulated and experience feelings of affection and love. The light of the entire body is the eye (Matt. 6:22), and what we see impacts us mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and, for a man, even physically. These five senses are actually gates where outside information enters and is passed to the mind and eventually into the human spirit. It is amazing to see how each human sense has a relation to the five different pieces of sacred furniture used in the daily ritual at the temple.

• The brass altar was the first piece of sacred furniture upon which three fires continually burned. It was a place where the sense of smell would have been impacted. The burning flesh of the sacrifice and the smoke from the altar would have filled the air the moment the worshiper came near the altar.