Hebrews 9:4 (ESV)
4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
Incense is commonly associated with prayer. Jesus said that His Father’s house was to be a house of prayer. Prayer connects us to God when we do so through the power and name of Jesus, name above all names.
The ark is a symbol of Christ. There are three items in the ark which are attributes of the Son of God. He is the Bread of Life prefigured in the manna from heaven that fed the Israelites in the wilderness. The staff can represent Jesus the Good Shepherd. Out of the staff of Aaron, representing the old covenant buds the life of the new covenant. Jesus has the words of life within Him, but now they are written on the heart rather than tablets of stone.
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