12 OILS OF SCRIPTURE
In the Twelve Oils of Ancient Scripture collection, Gary Young has gathered the 12 most significant oils found in the Bible. His wish is that you savor and enjoy these precious and pure essential oils with their beautiful fragrances and intriguing histories.
The oils and aromatics mentioned in the Bible were more valuable than gold and silver. Israel’s King Hezekiah kept "the spices, and the precious ointment" (2 Kings 20:13) together with silver and gold in the royal treasure chamber. The Greek historian Pliny the elder documented the stringent security measures taken in the processing of frankincense at Alexandria, Egypt: "Good heavens! No vigilance is sufficient to guard factories ... before [the workers] are allowed to leave the premises they have to take off all their clothes."
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines anoint as 'to apply oil to as a sacred rite, esp. for consecration.' It has been suggested that the holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:23-25 is a symbol of being set apart for special purposes in God's kingdom. People and objects were anointed throughout the Bible: Aaron and his sons were anointed priests, the Tabernacle and all of its vessels were anointed before being put into service, and Saul and David were anointed to be kings. The Hebrew word for Messiah, Moschiach, means "Anointed One." Jesus Christ was twice anointed with oil of spikenard, which was so expensive that Judas was indignant that it wasn't sold to raise money for the poor.
God mandated that the anointing oil be fragrant when He instructed Moses to add spices and fragrant oils to the base of pure olive oil. Psalm 45 informs us that the garments of the Messiah are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. In one Bible translation of Philippians 4:18, Paul described gifts given as "a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God."
Incense was offered twice daily in the Tabernacle and later in the temple in Jerusalem. In Proverbs 27:9 we're told that "ointment and perfume rejoice the heart." The
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New Testament suggests that incense offering represents the prayers of saints. In Revelation 5:8, "four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints," the King James translators chose to translate the Greek word "thumiama" as "odours" rather than "incense." According to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, "thumiama" (Strong's #2368) means "fragrant powder burnt in religious services." (See also Revelation 8: 3-4.) The ritual use of incense represented God's power over life and death in Numbers 16:46-48 wherein the High Priest Aaron walked through the congregation with it, stopping a deadly plague.
The Twelve Oils of Ancient ScriptureTM Kit contains the twelve most significant oils found in the Bible. Gary Young draws on his travels to biblical lands and explains the twelve oils in the cassette included with the oils.
Contains: Twelve Single Oils (5ml bottles): Aloes/sandalwood (Santalum album), cassia (Cinnamomum cassia), cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica), cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), frankincense (Olibanum -- Boswellia carteri), galbanum (Ferula gummosa), hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), myrrh (Commiphora myrrha), myrtle (Myrtus communis), onycha (pronounced oh-nigh-kah, a very thick oil, remove the plastic orifice and warm the bottle in your hand so that the oil will flow -- Styrax benzoin), Rose of Sharon/cistus (Labdanum -- Cistus ladanifer), and spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi).
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