Before the Altar part 7

Above all the altar is a place for benedictions in worship. It is the place that God designated for the Levites and that tribe of Israel. (Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 21:5) It is where God segregates out those He chooses for whatever job He chooses, such as in Numbers 6:23-26 when Aaron was chosen to bring the message to the children of Israel and to bring them the blessings from the Lord. And it was with His blessing that He came in glory to His people and He dwelt among them as Aaron raised his hands making the sacrifice to God. And God was pleased. (Leviticus 9:22,23) And in His blessings, He gives them land and tells them to possess it. A rich land, splendid. Only if they possess it. So while God's blessings are unconditional it nonetheless does involve obedience to God to reap full benefits from His blessings. Much as if we don't have faith and don't act on that faith, we cannot hope to reap full benefits from God's blessings.

God doesn't really need an altar to bring benedictions to His people. For instance, He blesses His creation in Genesis 1:22 and tells them to fill the earth, blessing them in this. And He blesses man, whom He created in His own image and gives them His blessing to be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over ever creature in the earth. (Genesis 1:28) And then this blessing is extended when He destroyed creation in Noah's time, that Noah would be fruitful, multiple and all creation would then be fearful of him and his people. (Genesis 9:12) And then there is one of the first altars, that of Melchezidek, when He blesses Abraham (through Melchezidek) and also the most High God (again through Melchezidek). (Genesis 14:19,20)

Before the Altar (part VI)

Above all the altar is a place for benedictions in worship. It is the place that God designated for the Levites and that tribe of Isreal. (Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 21:5) It is where God segregates out those He chooses for whatever job He chooses, such as Numbers 6:23-26 when Aaron was chosen to bring the message to the children of Isreal and to bring them the blessings from the LORD. And it was with His blessing that He came in glory to His people and He dwelt among them as Aaron raised his hands making the sacrifice to God. And God was pleased. (Leviticus 9:22,23) And in His blessings, He gives them land and tells them to possess it. A rich land, splendid. Only if they possess it. So while God's blessings are unconditional it nonetheless does involve obedience to reap the full benefits from God's blessings. Much as when we do not act out on our faith we may not reap the full benefits that God wants us to have.