Ex. 30:32-3832Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34And 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: 35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. (Exodus 30:32‑38); Prov. 27:99Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. (Proverbs 27:9); Ezek. 23:4141And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. (Ezekiel 23:41); Sol. 1:33Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. (Song of Solomon 1:3).
"THE Spirit of Christ," the anointing of grace,
The oil and its fatness descending—
The gladness come down from the heavenly place
With " garments of praise " never-ending.
The nature, another creation bestowed,
Revealing its beauty and weakness,
The rose and the lily adorning the road
In holy dependence and meekness.
The body on earth " full of light " on its way,
The aloes and cassia pouring,
That perfume which telleth what tongue cannot say,
While upwards the heart is adoring.
Expressing Himself in the pathway of love,
" In His room" who is absent in glory;
The voice of the turtle, the heart of the dove,
Displaying the Lonely One's story.
The “flour of the offering the Spirit bore on,
In manhood all-spotless to heaven (Lev. 2),
Now joined into one (from the scene where He's gone)
“The eighth day " told out in " the seven."
“The Spirit of Jesus," the inner delight
The " life more abundantly " giveth,
" Spiced wine " of the pomegranate hidden from sight -
The fruit His beloved receiveth ( Phil 1:2).
The joy of the life that delighted to do
That " will " whose decree consecrateth
The Isaac-Rejoicer whose spirit could view
His " pearl "—ere the earth was created. (Prov. 8;
That Father that saw in His " Joseph" below
(Like gems by the ocean surrounded),
A Treasure that man could not value nor know,
And yet—like that River " divided in four "—
When down into time it descended—
The Life was expressed as it carried the store
Of wealth whence the spices were blended.
And now " Jesus Christ " from His glory supplies
His Spirit in fullness of blessing,
The power to shine and the power to rise,
The Living One bid where the spices are stored
" One pearl " there completing the story:
The oil that on Adam could never be poured
Displaying " the Christ" in the glory.
“The Holy One " set in the heavenly place,
"The feast-offering " is the dispenser
Of joy to the praise of the glory of grace
With measureless spice from the censer
(Heb. 9:13, 1413For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:13‑14); Lev. 314And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (Leviticus 3:14); Lev. 16:12, 1312And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: (Leviticus 16:12‑13)).