Why the 3 Wise Men's frankincense and myrrh gifts are valued to this day

Many people aren't even sure what frankincense and myrrh are — or that it's believed they have potential health benefits.


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[defenestrationfan]

Frankincense and myrrh also presaged Christ's ultimate reason for being born - the sacrifice of his life. The spices were used in burial rites at the time and it can be pointed out that the "swaddling clothes" would presage the funeral wrappings as well.

[mib]

Gold that was given was the Balm of Gilead, which is very valuable for medicinal purposes and very intensive to make but very popular. It was not physical gold :)

[abon]

Can u please give the adress of this shop please

[boom]

Yeshua was not born in 1 AD. There was an error in the Gregorian Calendar. He also wasn't born on December 25th. There's good reason to believe he was born on Nisan 1.

[ambergris]

Helped my olfactory receptivity beyond imagination

[bobsthea]

well, you can buy that for a dollar fifty cents in my country

[sylvinkayembe]

Three* wise men is not biblical. The bible does not mention how many they were.

”Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, ”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2:1‬ ‭

[reginahmoletsane]

Can these help in healing or reversing diabetes

[blessingchanne]

I don't know this story but this can be found in somalia

[joygernautm]

Why do herbal remedy store workers always look emaciated and unhealthy😊

[loraxdavewalters]

Looks like really impure MDMA! I know that is irreverent but, by the book, there's 3 gifts and not a specific number of Magi. Magi were often Zoroastrian practitioners by history. An autoimpregnating individual would be a big deal. The story has some funny points with the difference in culture and time.

[Marsalis_CW]

Theres was only 3 wise men? That's not in the bible though

[Kriegtime]

Did you need to have the klezmer music? Kind of anti Semitic cbc...

[truethat]

I think a blanket would have been more practical. . .

[dasalekhya]

... because they knew the *greatest hipster of all time* was born that day

(long curly hair, eats fish, into wood craft, lush beard, hangs around with dudes ... total hipster)

[jonfmcdropout]

Unsubbed. I was hoping there would be news on this channel.

[patsow]

Since you’re coving this fairytale story, can you do the one why the Easter Bunny has eggs?

[thefatgamer]

As a news Network I feel like this is a very inappropriate and unprofessional thing to post on there channel. It should of just said "in the story of Christmas" instead of making it into a this thing happened