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Day 12 What’s in a name Part 3

In biblical times, anointing someone sets that person apart. Aromatic oil was poured on the person’s head. Some oils used in those days were frankincense, the king of oils best for healing. Myrrh is used in burials as a perfume mixed with aloe to help cover the stench of death. Cassia as in Exodus 30 is good for maintaining physical health and when used with aloes and myrrh as in Psalm 45 verse 8, helps to fragrant garments. These oils are sweet-smelling to the olfactory system, smooth and pleasant.

King Solomon wrote in his song chapter 1 verse 3, his name is as ointment poured forth using the name of the Lord as a simile, a comparison to the sweet smell of oils in those days. It is not enough to know the Lord’s name or to merely speak his name but it goes beyond these points into a profound understanding of the soul drenching beauty of his person, in his name.

God knows his son’s name. The intimacy between the Father and the Son is so strong, so secret to them alone that when a child of God utters his Son’s name in worship, the essence of his Son in that name ascends to God by the Holy Spirit as a divine scent forever peculiar, attractive and pleasant in the nasals of the Father.

Therefore do we love thee. Lord, draw us, we will run after thee. Song of Solomon chapter 1 verse 3 and 4.