Gold, myrrh, and frankincense (prayer, priests, Jesus, worship)

[little_thirsty]

Can anyone help me out with this...what were the gifts of the Magi used for in that time period. I know myrrh and frankincense were fragerant but what were their ueses? Thanks

[Miss Blue]

Originally Posted by little_thirsty

Can anyone help me out with this...what were the gifts of the Magi used for in that time period. I know myrrh and frankincense were fragerant but what were their ueses? Thanks

Ta da..A rare thing for blue...Copy and paste snippet from a very long boring article

Many different theories of the meaning and symbolism of the gifts have been advanced, since while gold is fairly obviously explained, frankincense, and particularly myrrh, are much more obscure. They generally break down into two groups:

• That they are all ordinary gifts for a king — myrrh being commonly used as an anointing oil, frankincense as a perfume, and gold as a valuable.
• That they are prophetic — gold as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense (an incense) as a symbol of priestship, and myrrh (an embalming oil) as a symbol of death. Sometimes this is described more generally as gold symbolizing virtue, frankincense symbolizing prayer, and myrrh symbolizing suffering.

There you have it..straight from my clipboard

[little_thirsty]

Thank you Blue. I heart you

[nay624]

gold=king
frankincense=annointing
myrrh=to prepare body for burrial. I think

[mariedibourd]

Since Jesus came to teach us to SERVE one another, not dominate or power over or be better than each other, here is the best meaning of the gifts I have found:

Gold (typical gift for a king): kingship

Frankincense (used to worship God and anoint, not just by priests): God incarnate

Myrrh (used to bury people): foretelling His death

[windtimber]

Not that it's salient to the thread, but where does it say there were 3 magi/kings/wizards/sages? There were 3 gifts, but how many sages?

[lwowl]

... opening this thread ...

Near MISS BLUE, my tireless sister in the creative spirit, i would like to send out a message of Peace and Love to all those celebrating their Christmas today while i can enjoy a winterwhite (public) holiday ~


YouTube - Jessye Norman - Die heiligen drei Könige

in reverence of the deeply meaningful healing properties of frankincense, myrrh and gold our ancestors knew long before ....


YouTube - Three Wise Kings



YouTube - Gold Frankincense and Myrrh


They followed a star ....
Enjoying such teamwork anywhere in the corporate materialist business world today?

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

And can give Jesus the same gift today, gold of a pure heart, frankincense of a dedicated life, and myrrh of death to the old life and total surrender to Him.

[mams1559]

I agree with the descriptions provided for the three gifts presented to the Christ child.

Originally Posted by windtimber

Not that it's salient to the thread, but where does it say there were 3 magi/kings/wizards/sages? There were 3 gifts, but how many sages?

It's an interesting point. Truthfully, we don't know how many magi visited Christ and presented these three specifically mentioned gifts. It is an assumption that there were 3 -- one per gift. However, there could have been no less than 2 (because the word is pluralized) but any number more than three. I think the importance isn't how many magi came to worship Christ, but that they did and what they brought were indicitive of his life.

[lwowl]

Originally Posted by I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA

And can give Jesus the same gift today, gold of a pure heart, frankincense of a dedicated life, and myrrh of death to the old life and total surrender to Him.

JOY to the (((WHOLE))) World. There have been many ways to upgrade such understanding.\!!