[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III



There are two examples in the New Testament showing the Divine concern about incense, and both are written in the Book of Revelation:
(a) About the twenty-four priests, it is written: “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” (Rev.5: 8).
(b) St. John the Visionary says: “Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. And 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. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand” (Rev.8: 3,4).