"THE PERFUMERS"
Anointing OIL
Exodus 30
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus, 24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. 26 Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, 27 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. 29 You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
30 “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. 31 Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. 32 Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. 33 Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’
Nehemiah 3:8
HANANIAH, AND HANANI
8 Next to them repaired Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah, one of the perfumers, and they abandoned [fortification of] Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall [omitting that part of the ancient city and reducing the area].
Nehemiah 7
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,
2 I gave my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the ruler of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
Amazing God! After all the trials, the threats of the Sanballat enemies, the favor of the King, the letter to Asaph, keeper of the King's forest,governers and captains of the King and horsemen.(Neh.2 and 7). Nehemiah states; "For the good hand of my God was upon me." Hallelujah!
Mission complete,walls are finished, each appointed person in position,..gatekeepers, the musicians and Levites. All made ready for a larger story then their own, now they are about to enter the revelation of the statement; "I WILL GATHER THEM FROM THERE AND WILL BRING THEM TO THE PLACE IN WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN TO SET MY NAME! Praise His Holy Name!!!
Now comes "Ezra."
All the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(living water). They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel.
2 So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(living water) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
JOHN 4 "IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD."
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
4 Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.(perfumers)
5 Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. 6 Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there. 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.(priest)
9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”(The gospel)
Brothers; After miraculous personal direction of the Holy Spirit, Nehemiah is moved by the same God, who used his sad countenance before a king, to bring these events to pass. Only to have him appoint a "perfumer," over all of Jerusalem! This morning my brothers I declare to you that God's plans are always awesome, and His thoughts are not out thoughts, nor His way out way. They higher then the heavens are from the earth. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first in His Kingdom!!!
Hananiah the ruler of the castle, given charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. (2 Tim 2) "A PERFUMER!"
Amazing God! After all the trials, the threats of the Sanballat enemies, the favor of the King, the letter to Asaph, keeper of the King's forest,governers and captains of the King and horsemen.(Neh.2 and 7). Nehemiah states; "For the good hand of my God was upon me." Hallelujah!
Mission complete,walls are finished, each appointed person in position,..gatekeepers, the musicians and Levites. All made ready for a larger story then their own, now they are about to enter the revelation of the statement; "I WILL GATHER THEM FROM THERE AND WILL BRING THEM TO THE PLACE IN WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN TO SET MY NAME! Praise His Holy Name!!!
Now comes "Ezra."
All the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(living water). They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel.
2 So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(living water) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
JOHN 4 "IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD."
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
4 Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.(perfumers)
5 Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. 6 Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there. 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.(priest)
9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”(The gospel)
Brothers; After miraculous personal direction of the Holy Spirit, Nehemiah is moved by the same God, who used his sad countenance before a king, to bring these events to pass. Only to have him appoint a "perfumer," over all of Jerusalem! This morning my brothers I declare to you that God's plans are always awesome, and His thoughts are not out thoughts, nor His way out way. They higher then the heavens are from the earth. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first in His Kingdom!!!
Hananiah the ruler of the castle, given charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. (2 Tim 2) "A PERFUMER!"
"WE ARE PERFUMERS!"
14 But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,
15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:
16 To the latter it is an aroma [wafted] from death to death [a fatal odor, the smell of doom]; to the former it is an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? [Who is able for such a ministry? We?]
17 For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God
BOW BEFORE HIM THIS EARLY MORNING, HE IS AWESOME! HE KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING!!! IT IS HIS STORY, NOT OURS...AMEN!
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 PETER 2:9
BOW BEFORE HIM THIS EARLY MORNING, HE IS AWESOME! HE KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING!!! IT IS HIS STORY, NOT OURS...AMEN!
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 PETER 2:9
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