Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

Prayer of loosing Praying in the Spirit

Matthew 16:19 Ephesians 6:18 1 Corinthians 14:15 Philippians 4:6

Praying in the Spirit with understanding Prayer of thanksgiving Prayer of intercession

1 Timothy 2:1 Prayer for general supplication Philippians 4:6

T HE S ILVER C HALICE FOR THE I NCENSE In Revelation 5:8, the prayers of the saints are stored in golden vials or bowls. This imagery was understood by the Jewish reader, who knew of the procedure used by the priest when burning incense on the golden altar at the temple. We read:

He whose lot it was to burn incense took a vessel containing the quantity of three caps, in the midst of which there was a censer full and heaped up with incense; over which there was a cover. 4

At the Temple Institute in Jerusalem there is a beautiful silver chalice that was re-created from the Jewish

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