MYRHH
We remember His+ refusal of the mixture of myrrh and wine, fulfilling His+ word to His+ disciples that HE+ would
no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until
HE+ drank it new with them
in His+ FATHER’S Kingdom.
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And when they were come into the house, they saw the young CHILD+ with Mary His+ mother, and fell down, and worshipped HIM+: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto HIM+ gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:11
And they gave HIM+ to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but HE+ received it not. Mark 15:23
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to JESUS by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. John 19:39
40 Then took they the Body of JESUS, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. John 19:40
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In the Old Testament [ Courtesy of Wikipedia , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh ]
MYRRH: An essential oil extracted from myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
Myrrh is mentioned as a rare perfume in several places in the Hebrew Bible.
In Genesis 37:25, the traders to whom Jacob's sons sold their brother Joseph had "camels ... loaded with spices, balm, and myrrh."
Exodus 30:23–25 specifies that Moses was to use 500 shekels of liquid myrrh as a core ingredient of the sacred anointing oil.
Myrrh was an ingredient of Ketoret: the consecrated incense used in the First and Second Temples at Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
An offering was made of the Ketoret on a special incense altar and was an important component of the temple service. Myrrh is also listed as an ingredient in the holy anointing oil used to anoint the tabernacle, high priests and kings.
Oil of myrrh is used in Esther 2:12 in a purification ritual for the new queen to King Ahasuerus:
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The Hebrew word “myrrh” comes from the root word for bitter, the same as the root word for Mary or Mariam.
Bitterness was indeed the cup that HE+ had to drink.
His+ only solace was this: HE+ was doing the Will of His+ Heavenly FATHER. That HE+ clung to; that was His+ focus as HE+ drank the bitter cup to which HE+ was assigned.
That bitter cup held our Salvation.
If HE+ would NOT have embraced it, we would have been lost for all Eternity.
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What bitter cups have been put upon our table to drink ?
None can match His+ Cup .
If we are as faithful and true to HIM+ through our bitter struggles as HE+ was to His+ Heavenly FATHER’S WILL, we will reap with JOY !
Let us learn to embrace our tiny, wee cups of bitterness along with HIM+.
When we avow, “Thy+ Will be done; blessed be the Name of The LORD”, His+ Grace , like myrrh, will sweeten our cup.
It will make our loving submission to His+ Will to rise as a sweet-smelling sacrifice , pleasing unto HIM+.
Early Christians’ 3rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. )
at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple
Heavenly FATHER, we come before YOU at this 3rd hour of the ancient day, the hour of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple . . . that same hour that Your Beloved SON+, the LAMB+ of GOD that taketh away the sin of the world, was offered up on the Cross for our sakes.
We thank YOU for the Great Drops of BLOOD HE+ shed in the garden of Gethsemane, after praying all through the night . . . then facing the men who had come with swords and clubs to violently take HIM+.
Thank YOU, O Holy FATHER, that Your Beloved SON+, as the perfect SON+ of GOD, revealed Your power, saying “ I AM, ” causing the armed band of men to fall to the ground .
Yet, HE+ did not use this great power for HIMSELF+, revealing HIMSELF+ to be the obedient and perfect SON+ of Man . . . still loving His+ disciples to the uttermost, HE+ requested the armed men to “Let them go,” and thus, His+ frightened disciples could flee away.
For the humiliation HE+ endured for our sakes, we give YOU thanks . . . and also, for the answers that HE+ gave to those who accused HIM+ wrongfully.
Heavenly FATHER, we thank YOU for the times HE+ gave no answer at all to His+ accusers, as a Lamb led to the slaughter and as a sheep before his shearers is silent.
We remember the scourging HE+ unjustly received from Pilate’s hand . . . after being mocked, slapped, and beaten by the Temple guard . . . and then Herod’s men . . . and then by the Roman soldiers, giving His+ back to the smiters and His+ cheeks to them that plucked out the hair.
O Holy FATHER, Thank YOU for Your Beloved SON+ Whose most noble Head bore the CROWN OF THORNS, and which same Sacred Head was struck with a reed, His+ Face with hands and fists.
We remember His+ refusal of the mixture of myrrh and wine, fulfilling His+ word to His+ disciples that HE+ would no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until HE+ drank it new with them in His+ FATHER’S Kingdom.
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