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The Sixteen Laws of an Altar · Part 3

The Believer and His Priesthood: The Sixteen Laws of an Altar, Part 3

Apostle Grant Farah 16 August 2026 12 min read

  • In the new covenant God integrates the office of a king and priest in you through Christ.
  • There are many who sit on thrones and yet their thrones have no power because they ignore priesthood.
  • Don’t be careless when it comes to priesthood.
  • Priesthood is a doing word (verb) its not just a title, be a priest every day.

ALTARS:

  1. Can Hear.
  • Sometimes your battles against altars need this understanding.

1 Kings 13:2 (KJV)

2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

  • An altar is a living thing and it can hear.

1 Kings 13:3 (KJV)

3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

  • The man of God even used a sign to prove that the altar heard what he said.

1 Kings 13:4-5 (KJV)

4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

  • The altar didn’t only hear, it understood the word of the man of God shown by how it acted afterward.
  • This is why you should never be afraid to decree the judgment of the Lord upon the evil altars of your bloodline.
  • Remember kings are allowed to issue edicts that legally must stand.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 (KJV)

4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Every time you raise an altar you need to speak to it before the altar seed gets into the hands of your man of God.
  • You must be specific about what you want the altar to do.
  • You are making an agreement with God.
  • Altars act in accordance to what they hear.
  1. Are Places of Exchange.
  • At altars ones weakness is exchanged for the strength of the god who you are raising the altar to.
  • When you raise an altar of light, the strength of the Lord comes into your life.
  • Altars are a place of transaction.
  • You may be inadequate in a certain area but when you raise an altar you get adequacy from God to do certain things.
  • Men and women who raise altars possess divine strength.

Exodus 29:42-45 (KJV)

42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office. 45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

  • This is why Israel was so unbeatable in their battles.
  • Noah raised his altar and the curses around mankind were exchanged for God’s mercy.

Genesis 8:20-21 (KJV)

20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

  • Abraham’s altar swapped his financial inadequacy for God’s overwhelming blessing.

Genesis 22:16-17 (KJV)

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

  • Abraham couldn’t be ordinary because of the transaction that happened on the altar.
  • Solomon’s riches and wisdom came to him on the platform of the altar.

1 Kings 3:3 (KJV)

3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

1 Kings 3:5 (KJV)

5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

  • When you have altars you cannot be a mere man.
  • Your results become supernatural.
  • You should never leave anything in the same condition you found it.
  • Your company shouldn’t be the same because you are there as an active priest.
  1. Are Places of Covenant.
  • God is not a promise keeper He is a covenant keeper.
  • Whenever you get serious with God He will give you certain terms.
  • As you keep doing what He commanded you will never see Him fail his end of the bargain.
  • When you get into altar raising you need to pray for grace to hear God, because God speaks at altars.
  • Don’t just talk to God, listen to Him.
  • As you grow more into sonship you will realise you need to listen a lot more than you talk.
  • If all you do is bring shopping lists into the prayer room you are still a baby spiritually.

Psalms 50:5 (KJV)

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

  • God wanted those who were men and women of the altar to be gathered so He speaks to them.
  • In the old testament you see that altars were primarily built to cut or seal covenants with God.
  • it was at Abraham’s altar that he heard that his people will go into captivity and when they are released they will gain their promise land.
  • This is why Israel cannot be displaced from their land no matter how hard people try.

Genesis 15:9-11 (KJV)

9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

  • This shows you that every time you raise an altar “fouls of the air” come to disturb you (the enemy fights altars of light)

Genesis 15:13-14 (KJV)

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

  • The children of Israel going into captivity was no surprise to God.
  • God knew he wanted them to take the spoil of Egypt and he relayed that to Abraham at the altar.

Genesis 15:15 (KJV)

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Abraham even knew the time he would die by the power of an altar.

Genesis 15:18 (KJV)

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • That land was given to Israel by covenant with Abraham through an altar and the covenant still stands today.
  • Nomatter how much they gather to make you fail, when you are man or woman of covenant with God you can’t fail.
  1. Have Covenant Terms.
  • Mind the covenant terms and vows.
  • When there are problems and patterns in the bloodline usually God will place covenant terms for you.
  • You won’t be allowed to do what others do.
  • That’s why you see certain men and women thriving till they start getting into certain things.
  • There are covenant terms you make with God when you erect altars also be sure to keep those.
  1. Covenants that God gives.

Judges 13:4-5 (KJV)

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Samson and His parents had to fulfill certain God given covenants for Samson’s strength to work.
  • At times you cannot be delivered because you are still acting in covenant to altars of darkness in the bloodline.
  • Sometimes you can’t move away from evil altar because an evil priest gave a command on the name you would be given.
  • Now for as long as you keep that name that altar binds you.

Judges 13:19-20 (KJV)

19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

  • There was an altar where that covenant was established.
  • Later Samson violates the covenant and he loses it all.
  • Your biggest temptations in life are usually related to your covenant terms.
  • He knows that once you do those things you cannot be who God has promised you should be.
  • Samson’s biggest downfall was women.
  • So the devil used that to cut his hair.

Judges 16:19-21 (KJV)

19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house

  • Sex is usually a big one because its nature is to cause transaction in the realm of the spirit.
  • Solomon’s wealth also came on God given covenant terms.

1 Kings 3:14 (KJV)

14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

1 Kings 11:4 (KJV)

4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 11:11 (KJV)

11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

  1. Covenants made by you with God at the altar.

Deuteronomy 23:21 (KJV)

21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 (KJV)

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Look at how Hannah’s covenant needed to be fulfilled.

1 Samuel 1:22 (KJV)

22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

  • She made a vow to give Samuel to God and not cut his hair.
  • As hard as it was she could not go back on that vow.
  • She later had many more children because of her obedience to covenant she made with God.