Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

• The sense of touch would be the chief sense at the second piece of furniture, the brass laver, where the water was used for washing the feet and hands of the priest performing the ministry at the temple. • When the priest entered the holy place, the menorah would be lit, providing light in this inner chamber, requiring perfect vision using the sense of sight to see the illumination from the seven-branched candlestick. • The next furniture in line is the table of showbread, where twelve flesh loaves were baked each week and laid in rows on the golden table. The priests were permitted once a week to eat the bread, which was replenished every seventh day. A priest would require a sense of taste to experience the taste of the bread. • And finally, the golden altar was the site of the offering in incense, where hearing was required to offer the verbal prayers up to God—the golden altar is the place of intercession and prayer.

The five senses were used each day when ministering at the temple and performing the daily rituals. The five senses can be used for either carnal or spiritual purposes. The word carnal is used in the New Testament English