Altar

Definition: An Altar is a place of  worship.

1.This is a place where people meet to worship God or Deities. It is a very special place where human
beings give or plead allegiance to their gods.

2.An altar is LITERALLY  a structure on which sacrifices are offered. It is a place where men  build to
offer sacrifices to gods.

3. An Altar is a link between the visible world and the invisible world.It is a place where people  come
into to communion with the SPIRIT OF GOD or with the spirits of the dead. People build Altars
dedicated to their loved ones to continue to have communion with them, and that is why we talk about
Fathers' Altars. When we refer to the term Fathers' Altars we are referring to our dead Ancestors.(our
fathers who are long gone Lamentation 5:7 bible ref ).

On this blog we seek to understand how our fathers' Altars are still operating in our families and in the
world at large and there effects on our lives and  what is around us.

We will seek to identify the positive and the negative aspects of our Fathers' Altars.

4. Altars are also gates to the spiritual realm. Depending on the kind of altar that people have built in a
place the atmosphere of that place will be determined by the Altars therein.It means the Altars in that
place allow the powers that be to rule in that place. Godly Altars allow the Spirit of God to rule over a
people. In the bible we find a scripture in the book of Psalm 24:7. The priests are commanding the gates
to be lifted up that the King of Glory to come in. One of the ways that we can command the gates to be
lifted up that the King of Glory may come in, is to Build Godly Altars because they are gate to the realm
of the spirit.

In the Bible there is an occurrence where by a man called Jacob was travelling to his relatives place from
his father's home. He came to a place where he spent the night. While he slept he had a dream that from
that place where he slept there was a ladder from the grounds that he slept on going all the way to heaven
and there was a traffic of Angels ascending and descending on it.( Genesis 28:12). On top of the
ladder the Lord God stood above it, and he spoke to Jacob.

This  is a place where  his grandfather Abraham had built an Altar before. ( Genesis 12:8) We notice that
the promises that God have given to Abraham are the same promises God gives to Jacob.

When Jacob woke up in the morning he confessed that God was in that place and that place was a Gate
To Haven. I believe this was because of the altar that Abraham had built to God. The place became a
Gateway to heaven.

Some of the communities reactivate their Ancestors' Altars during special festivals during the year and
open gates to the spirits of the dead in a region. These altars are reactivated during special gate of time
to allow the spirit of their dead ancestors to continue to perpetuate their will.

Where i come from in Kenya there is a tribe called the Kamba. When they want to communicate to their
dead Ancestors they visit tribal altars to give extravagant worship by song and dance. When they do so,
some communication takes place. In one case a father wanted to know why his son was deaf and dump
and truly they received an answer. The father was told that his son was deaf and dump because he the
father  had named him after the father(i.e the grandfather to the son) who had given instruction that he
should never be named.We could call this altar a gate to the world of the dead  where this family consult
there dead fathers.
5.Altars are special places where people draw spiritual strength. Man is always looking for inspirations
and one place that people go to get inspiration or spiritual strength is  at the altar.
People go to the Church which an Altar to get new strength and after that the truth of the matter is,
something happens to them. In the book of Isaiah 40:31. the Lord says that those who wait upon the
LORD shall renew their strength. We wait upon the Lord in prayer at the altar.

Families will gather together on special occasions to remember their loved departed ones to get
inspiration from them.Once a year people will come together for a memorial service of a dead parent
around the grave or at home to receive strength from the spirit of the dead parent. In most cases people
believe that when they gather together in memory of the dead thay become more untied than before.

6. An Altar is also a place where people make covenants. We see people entering into covenants at Altars.
God made a covenant with Abraham at the Altar that Abraham had raised and offered sacrifices in the
book of Genesis 15:9-18.

People make marriage covenants on Altars. Our fathers cut or entered into covenants on the altars they
built and these convents are still at work even today decades after they were made. In the book of  Isaiah
28:14-15. it says the ruler had made covenant with death and agreement with hell. Most people when
faced with some problems will visit the altars of their dead ancestors to try and wipe out the problems.
Even in these modern days,when doctors cannot solve a certain medical problem they will tell the patient
to go back home and try and get a solution from the elders at home. In most cases as in the above story
we have looked at about the deaf and dump boy these elders will consult their dead ancestors and
strengthen the old covenants that our fathers had. This is because they have made a covenants with the
dead  that when a problem or challenges comes it shall not touce them.

We cannot ignore our Fathers Altars as long as we are alive. We will seek to unearth the truth of this
matter and try and do what is right.
Types of altars
Godly Altars:

1.Abraham raised Godly Altars  in the book of Genesis.(Gen.12:7,13:4,22:9).

2.His son Isaac (Gen.26:25) and grandson Jacob (Gen.33:20,Gen:35:1-3) also followed the way of their
father Abraham and raised Altars to God that pleased God.

Ungodly Altars:

In the book of 1 Kings 12:25-33. We find a King called Jeroboam who build a satanic Altar in Judea
which caused the Israelites to sin against God.
In the Bible we find the mention of Father's Altar in the book of Judges 6:25.(vs 25.That same night the
Lord said to him, " Take the second bull from your father's herd,the one seven years old.Tear down
your  father's altar to Baal and cut down the Ashe rah pole beside it. )

In the new testament we find an altar to Artemis in Acts.19:24-35. which was against the preaching of the
gospel of Jesus Christ in Ephesus.
 Deliverance Prayer Points against Family Altars
Exodus 34:13-14:
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord,
whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Prayer Points
1. Father, I thank you for delivering me from every evil altar, in the name of Jesus.
2. I curse you spirit enforcing evil altars in my life and I command you to
release me, in the name of Jesus.

3. Let everything that has been transferred into my life by demonic laying of
hands, loose its hold right now, in the name of Jesus.

4. Let every serpentine poison that has been passed into my life, get out now, in the name of
Jesus. I flush you out with the blood of Jesus.
5. Let fire fall on every spirit of death and hell fashioned against my life, in the
name of Jesus.

6. I break the head and crush the tail of every serpentine spirit, in the name of
Jesus.

7. Let every satanic altar that have been introduced into my family, receive the
fire of God in Jesus name.

8. Let the sword of fire begin to cut off every evil parental attachment, in the mighty name of
Jesus.
9. Father Lord, reveal to me any hidden covenant that the devil has arranged
against me, in the name of Jesus.

10. Every tree that the Father did not plant in my life, be uprooted, in the name
of Jesus.

11. Father Lord, I electrify the ground of this place now. Let every evil altar
begin to shatter now, in the name of Jesus.

12. Let every evil hidden covenant break, in the mighty name of Jesus.

13. I refuse to drink from the fountain of sorrow, in Jesus name.

16. I command any demon attached to any curse to depart from me now, in the
mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

17. Let all curses issued against me be converted to blessings, in the name of
Jesus.

18. Every curse of mental and physical sickness Be broken, be broken, be

19. There shall be no more poverty, sickness, etc. in my life, in Jesus’ name.

20. Father, I thank you for answering my prayers in Jesus name