According to Revelation, what is the incense in the tabernacle?
Revelation identifies the sweet odor of the tabernacle incense as the prayers of the saints. The smoke from the golden altar's incense represents those prayers, indicating that believers are involved in this heavenly picture. Thus the incense is not merely ritual smoke but symbolizes the prayers of God's people ascending before Him.
Les teaches that the altar of incense stood in the center, made of wood and covered with pure gold, with a grate. Especially on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would take coals from the brazen altar and carry them into this inner altar. He did not burn animal fat there, but burned incense. The smoke of that incense would cover the little room and, as it were, obliterate the very presence of God even from the high priest. Les explains that all of this speaks of Christ's finished work. Then he points out that the book of Revelation tells us the sweet odor of the incense is in reality the prayers of the saints, so believers are also involved in that.
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What does Revelation say the incense in the tabernacle represents?
The book of Revelation identifies the sweet odor of the incense as the prayers of the saints, meaning believers are also involved in it.