So much time is spent on describing an altar in the bible which we of the Jewish faith don’t use today that one wonders why it’s so significant? The idea in those days to take your most precious item and put it up for sacrifice to G-D is also very alien. For in today’s me movement it is all about what we deserve and what we can get instead of give. Maybe the altar in one sense should be restored where we learn to give up what is precious to us for a higher purpose. Whether it be time praying for others that are less fortunate or sacrificing our own precious possessions for a cause bigger then ourselves. The altar might appear ancient but it’s ideas should become relevant to us today.