Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh

Matthew 2:11  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 9
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“They presented unto Him gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”
REMARK the order:—
1. Gold, the emblem of His divinity.
2. Frankincense: of His fragrant lift.
3. Myrrh: of His death.
The fragrance of frankincense is obtained by burning. It was the foundation of the incense (Ex. 30:3434And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: (Exodus 30:34)) burnt upon the golden altar, and carried by the High Priest into the Holy of Holies, foreshadowing the acceptable presence of our Great High Priest, as He appears in the presence of God for us (Heb. 9:2424For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Hebrews 9:24)).
And myrrh: the foundation of the holy anointing oil used upon the person of the High Priest, compounded after the art of the apothecary (Ex. 30:2323Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, (Exodus 30:23)), was bruised in order to obtain its fragrance, foreshadowing the fragrance of the precious person of Him, who in offering up Himself unto God, was bruised for our iniquities (Isa. 43:55Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; (Isaiah 43:5)). He was still God’s beloved Son, in whom He was well pleased (Matt. 3:44And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (Matthew 3:4)), even whilst all the waves and billows of God’s judgment rolled over Him.
E. A. H.