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Originally Posted by unitedpraise10
I don't believe waving smoke in people's faces is worship on any level. It's merely symbolism. Furthermore, I did not state the we are the only way.  |
Exodus 30:1 and
Exodus 30:6-8. You shall put it (incense) "where I will meet with thee."
In the NT period, incense does take on a "symbolic" role:
Revelation 5:8 and
Revelation 8:3-4.
However, we use many "cues" and symbols in our services. There are many things that we do whereby a "symbol" is given to cue the people to act in some way or manner of worship.
In the Pentecostal movement we have tended to remove these cues and symbols because we felt that they were being used as substitutes for "the real thing" at times. That may have been true, but it does not invalidate the use of Biblical symbols in worship. IMHO, anyway.
One could ask if our newer "cues" and symbols aren't becoming an "idol" in the same manner that some of the symbols of the ancient church had become.
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