John beautifully explains this in reference to the LORD JESUS. Revelation 8:3-5. Reader! pray for the enlightening grace of the HOLY GHOST, that you may, by faith, look within the vail, whither our forerunner is for us entered; and there behold the Great High Priest of our profession, appearing in the presence of GOD for us; and there pleading the true incense of his own merits, the sole cause of our acceptance before GOD. Hebrews 1:3.
Related Commentaries of Leviticus 16:12
Leviticus 16:12-13
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: