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Our Hearts As Shewbread, Our Prayers Incense

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This is our shewbread, our hearts open before the Lord.
Acts 11:23. Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

purpose-protheses [G4286] to set forth, or before the sight of,
used for shewbread here:

Luke 6:4. How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Hebrews 9:2. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

Used often by Paul as 'purpose'
Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to purpose [shewbread].

This is our incense:
Revelation 5:8.
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 8
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3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth.
And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.