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Tony and Dorothy Callies were married in 1967. Since then they have been in Deaf Ministry as Evangelists, pastors, authors and film-video producers. Later, they made verse-by-verse Bible Studies, “Philemon, Titus, Jude, Hebrews and Romans.” Dorothy works part time at Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois. She is the Editor of Fresh Manna from Heaven for devotion in Blogger. She and her husband attend First Assembly of God Deaf Church on Normal, Illinois and both assist in preaching with Pastor Newman. Since their move, Tony and Dorothy at different times have been asked from time to time to speak to special events in other states and Canada. They are enjoying their quiet time as semi-retirement at Bloomington, Illinois since two years.

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Tony Callies – grew up and attended Minnesota School for the Deaf and graduated in1957. He worked at Beloit (WI), Daily News for several years as a linotype operator. While at Rockford, Illinois he attended a revival and was saved under the ministry of Rev. Croft Pentz in 1963. He attended and graduated from Central Bible College, Springfield, Missouri in 1967. He married Dorothy and they became Evangelists and traveled USA and Canada for a year and half. They had been pastors at seven different churches. They made seven films and wrote a book. Later, they made verse-by-verse Bible Studies, “Philemon, Titus, Jude, Hebrews and Romans.” Today they are semi-retired and live in Bloomington, Illinois.

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Dorothy Callies --As a Southern Californian, was saved and called to work with the Deaf at the age of 13; went to California Deaf School Riverside in 1956; graduated from Bible College in 1964 and married Anthony in June 1967. They became Evangelists and performed dramas in the USA and New Brunswick. In 1970’s her burden to pioneer silent Christian films in ASL had lead into making “Seven Great Films” and in 2005 converted into classic DVDs. Dorothy and Tony worked with Deaf Video Communication at Carol Stream, Illinois and had created five excellent verse-by-verse Bible Studies of Hebrews, Titus, Philemon, Jude and Romans. Tony had converted VHS classic 1997 Revelations in dvds. Presently, Dorothy works part time at Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois. She is the Editor of Fresh Manna for devotion in website. She and her husband attend First Assembly of God Deaf Church in Normal, Illinois and both assist in preaching with Pastor Newman.

What interest me about the incense?

Written on August 16, 2008 to preserve the titles for a short time under 12/31/07. Here's the brief story of how "The Incense" had started with Malachi 1:11.

In the Old Testament Bible, I was thinking of which book I would like to start reading so I chose the book of Malachi. The key verse was Malachi 1:11 NCV: "'From the east to the west I will be honored among the nations. Everywhere they will bring incense and clean offerings to me, because I will be honored among the nations,' says the Lord All-Powerful." I asked this question: Where would God find the nations, the Gentiles who would bring the incense to Him? What kind of incense?

I began the research on "the incense" and the information are on the list of blogger. I gave two presentations about "The Incense Part one and two" [Oct. 28, 2007 and Feb. 23, 2008]. There are two dvds if you are interested, contact dotcallies@hotmail.com.

The candles displayed were given at the beginning of the workshop and I had one lady who came up front with two gifts for her labor. I was told that she loved "the incense" and her first gift was her favorite, the pumpkin spice candle. The second gift, she smelled it and she had guessed the candle was cranberry. This attracted everyone what I was up to, about "The Incense." We talked about the perfume that smelled good. I looked at the audience and said, "Didn't you know that God loves perfume?” The audience was surprised. God loves the smell of the special perfume? Yes, He does. The incense details are on the list of the blogger.

Malachi 1:11 fulfilled the prophecy 400 years later, what God was looking for the kind of spiritual incense which was worship, praise and adoration in the Spirit toward Him. The book of Acts 2 began with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the believers and they became "the incense." In chapter 10 of Acts was the story of the first Gentile, Cornelius and the whole group offered "the incense" of worship, praise and adoration in the Spirit. Since 2,000 years, many Gentile nations and millions of people offer "the incense of worship" to Him. So that is the clue, the incense is the kind of worship, praise and adoration that becomes sweet smelling incense to Him. This is far better and clean offering God is talking about in the book of Malachi. Our prayer goes to the throne of God, where? At the Golden Altar. It is awesome to know that our worship, praise and adoration toward our God now become the incense that God loves to smell.

Frankincense: Part 2 of Incense 6

Question was: Why did God choose specific spices?
Stacte, onycha, and galbanum are three spices plus
one spice is frankincense. The answer was already
given: now the three speak of prayer, worship and
spirit, plus one was Christ Himself. Our different
kinds of prayers, plus Christ, the Intercessor,
who prays to the Father for us. Our prayers are
like the spices plus Christ, altogether went into
the Golden Censer, the burning coal, that causes
the spices to bring out the smoke from the incense.

Many Deaf questions: Why do I have to pray? Where
does my prayers go? What is the value of the prayers?
Do I need to be smart to be able to pray? When I
pray, does it vanished into thin air? And many more.
Now, my friends, after studying these "INCENSE", I
pray that your eyes be opened to understand that all
your questions are being answered from the Scripture
about prayers, the Incense in Revelation 8:3-4.

This is the end of Incense Series. There are much to
be given about the Tabernacle, the Golden Altar, the
Golden Censer and the High Priest, the Intercessor.
I have already done the incense part. You might want
to look into other sources of information about the
Tabernacle.

I hope you have enjoyed the Incense: Stacte, Onycha,
Galbanum and Frankincense. I pray that you have been
enriched through this studies. I pray that your prayers
will be greater than before because now you know that
your prayer becomes an incense before the throne of God.

I wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and may God bless you richly
in Jesus' name. Now you know this is Frankincense spice.

Spice: Frankincense Incense 6

Question was: Why did God choose specific spices?
Malachi 1:11 that tells us that the nations,
the Gentiles will bring incense to Him.

Exodus 30:34-36 speaks of four spices that composed
the sweet incense. There were divided into three
plus one. Now the three speak of prayer, worship and
the spirit which they are accomplished plus one.

4. Frankincense
This was secured from a small tree by an incision (cut)
made in the evening from which it oozed out overnight.
Definition of oozed means slow drip, leak out slowly.
Frankincense is a root meaning whiteness. (To obtain
the frankincense, an incision is made through the bark
of the tree deep into the trunk and a strip of bark is
peeled off).

Frankincense represents Christ was bruised: stripes cut
deep into His skins, and the blood was oozed out and now
adds the sweet incense of His merits (works) to the
prayers of the saints. So, by living union with Him
believers share communion with His intercession, in
prayer. The smallest act of Christ was a sweet odor to
God. His death was His crowning act of delight to Him.

Ephesians 5:2 ncv "Live a life of love just as Christ
loved us and gave Himself for us AS A SWEET-SMELLING
OFFERING AND SACRIFICE TO GOD." As our intercessor,
Christ unites His work in the glory with that of the
cross. This makes His intercession effectual.

Rev. 8:3-4 ncv "Another angel came and stood at the
altar, holding a golden pan for incense. He was given
much incense to offer with the prayers of all God's
holy people. The angel put this offering on the golden
altar before the throne. The smoke from the incense
went up from the angel's hand to God with the prayers
of God's people".

Key word: incision means to cut deep. A strip of bark
was then peeled. Christ's suffering tells us that He
knows how we feel as a human being. He knows our pains.
He knows our agony. He knows our suffering. Therefore,
He is the Frankincense, the One plus three kinds of
prayers. The name of Jesus is one added to prayers.
To be continued: Frankincense Part 2, Incense 6.

Spice: Galbanum, Incense 5

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.