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An angel holds a golden censer beside the golden altar as incense rises before the throne.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Revelation 8:3-4

Incense with the prayers of the saints

Silence and the first four trumpets · Revelation 8

Story guide: Incense rises with the prayers of the saints. The sanctuary design echoes the biblical meeting-place pattern; its architectural details are an artistic interpretation.

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3And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer, and much incense was given to him so that he might offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.

4And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.

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