Altars establish gates of power

He (Jacob) built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother (Genesis 35 vs 7).
According to my understanding and the knowledge that I acquired from the man of God Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, an altar is a place where a believer in Christ would meet with his God through worship.

Throughout scriptures we see the building of altars as a means by which our fathers in the Lord would establish places of worship and consecration before the Lord.
These altars were built in response to a revelation or an encounter with the Lord and also in faith-filled anticipation and hopeful expectation of establishing a place where the Lord’s abiding manifest presence permeated and brought the rule of the Lord into the earth.

Altars represent places where earth welcomes and opens to the Lord and the eternal realm of the Kingdom of God flows into the earth.
The gate (portal) established opens for the reality of the atmosphere of the Heaven to impact the atmosphere of the earth.
The measure of influence increases according to the consecration of those who submit to the rule of the One who is worshipped.

This is also true in the dimension of demonically established altars where false gods and tyrannical demonic principalities are established. This explains why a place of occult or pagan worship is strong.
The atmosphere is hardened and resistant to the gospel of the Kingdom. Who is worshipped at the altars of a territory sets the atmosphere.

The battle in every territory is over worship. The battle is over what kind of altar will be established . . . the altar of the Lord or altars to the enemy and to his minions.

This is true in the hearts of individuals, families, communities, people groups and nations.
Prophet Makandiwa taught us in United Family International Church that worshipping God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, does involve the building of altars.
Altars establish gates of rulership. Remember the conflict of Elijah and prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, it was a conflict over who will rule, over revealing who was truly the Lord.

The altar was built, then the Lord answered with fire from Heaven demonstrating that the Lord God, He is God (1 Kings 18).
In one of his classical sermons, Building Altars, Prophet Makandiwa taught us that altars are really portals or gates of Heaven.
When a believer visits the place of altar and sacrifice upon it, the God of the altar will surely show up. Prophet Elijah called his God upon Mount Carmel and the God of Israel showed upon the erected altar. Fire came down from Heaven and consumed the seed and the altar itself.

God today is calling Christians from all walks of life to gather as living stones fit together by His design to offer sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Christ (1 Peter2 vs 4-5). He is looking for places built for His glory to become gates of His Kingdom rule to flow through in the earth.
Altars to the Lord are to be established as places prepared for the fire of His glory and power.

Altars of the Lord are to open the portals of Heaven and as we worship and minister unto the Lord, the gates open wider and the influence of the atmosphere of the Kingdom of Heaven increase and the awakening that has been released in the earth grows stronger.
Brethren may we erect altars of the Lord and prepare to receive fresh fire from the Lord and may the portal of the Lord be opened to bring greater measures of Christ’s Kingdom on earth even as it is in Heaven.

United Family International Church is an open Heaven where saints meet to worship God under the leadership of Prophet Makandiwa, a man who has the knowledge of building altars.
No altar, no portals. No seed, no harvest. In our beloved nation of Zimbabwe, may we continue to serve the Lord tirelessly by erecting altars for Him.