利未記6:8-13

6:8 耶和華曉諭摩西說：
6:9 「你要吩咐亞倫和他的子孫說，燔祭的條例乃是這樣：燔祭要放在壇的柴上，從晚上到天亮，壇上的火要常常燒著。
6:10 祭司要穿上細麻布衣服，又要把細麻布褲子穿在身上，把壇上所燒的燔祭灰收起來，倒在壇的旁邊；
6:11 隨後要脫去這衣服，穿上別的衣服，把灰拿到營外潔淨之處。
6:12 壇上的火要在其上常常燒著，不可熄滅。祭司要每日早晨在上面燒柴，並要把燔祭擺在壇上，在其上燒平安祭牲的脂油。
6:13 在壇上必有常常燒著的火，不可熄滅。」

⁸ The Lord said to Moses: ⁹ “Give Aaron and his sons this command: ‘These are the regulations for the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar. ¹⁰ The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean. ¹² The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it. ¹³ The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

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    在古時候無法明白「永遠」的意義，也因為這樣，透過火一直燃燒來顯明永恆的意義！這也是為什麼祭壇的火不可已熄滅，就是要以色列人過著一直獻技的生活，表示與上帝立永約！

    同樣，我們也要在上帝面前透過耶穌基督立永遠的約，永遠與上帝同在！因為我們是無時無刻都活在上帝的榮光之下，也需要耶穌基督的寶血永遠的遮蓋，我們才能夠永遠活在上帝的慈愛之中！

    也因為「在壇上必有常常燒著的火，不可熄滅」，我們要隨時隨地透過耶穌基督與上帝建立和好的關係：透過耶穌基督，永遠成為上帝兒女！既為兒女就是後嗣，就是要承受上帝永恆的國度，讓祭壇的火永不息滅！