"WHY DON'T YOU HAVE AN ALTAR IN YOUR CHURCH?"

In the Old Testament tabernacle and temple the altar was used symbolically as the place where God met with man. It was a type of the Lord Jesus Christ, that One who was to come in whom God and his people would be perfectly reconciled. In other words, CHRIST IS OUR ALTAR. "We have an Altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle" (Heb.13:10). Why should we foolishly go back to the shadow when we have the SUBSTANCE? To pretend to worship God at a physical altar in a church building, be it Baptist or Roman Catholic, is idolatry. Our Altar is not in the front of the church building. HE IS IN HEAVEN. You do not come to this ALTAR by walking to the front of the church. It is not a physical act but a spiritual act. YOU MUST COME TO CHRIST, THE TRUE ALTAR THE PLACE WHERE GOD MEETS SINNERS IN MERCY, BY FAITH. "True worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit...God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23, 24).