Malachi 1:11 that tells us that the nations,
the Gentiles will bring incense to Him.
Exodus 30:34-36
3. Galbanum
This was secured from a shrub which grew on the high
land of Syria. It grew eight to ten feet tall, with
leaves at each joint, from which broken, issued a thin
juice of cream color of a fat tough substance. It has a
pungent, disagreeable odor and was mixed with other
ingredient in the sacred incense to increase and retain
its fragrance longer.
Galbanum represents prayer and praise to be real must
flow from a broken and contrite heart and be inspired
by the Holy Spirit. Psalms 51:17
KJV-The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
NVC-The sacrifice God wants is a broken spirit. God, You
will not reject a heart that is broken and sorry for sin.
Two key words: "broken and odor". The branch was broken
and the juice of cream color flow out and it smells terrible.
It stinks badly. The only way to use this incense was to add
other ingredients and mixed it with galbanum so it will smell
better and make the smell to last longer. This was a very
important spice. Example: A story of a prisoner who was
sentenced to die in the electric chair. For a long time he
had no hope for anything beyond death. Fear controlled his
thoughts, and he felt forsaken by God and man. He started
to read Prison to Praise. He learned to believe that God was
working in every life to draw us to accept His Son as Savior
and Lord. He looked back with his own sordid (dirty, filthy,
mean) life and realized that everything happened with God's
permission that he came to the point of reaching out for Him.
He was blessed by God by putting his faith in His Son and he
was truly free and filled with His peace before facing death
row. This is the incense, Galbanum spice that goes into the
Golden Censer, and his true prayer of praise and thanksgiving
brought sweet incense at the Golden Altar, at the very
presence of God.
It is interesting to note that the blood of Jesus, an
ingredient was added to our brokenness and bad odor of
sins, the Galbanum, the spice. Our prayers become the
sweet incense that goes before the very throne of God.
