Visit any perfume counter today and one will find that the fragrances that seek to mimic what God has designed are expensive indeed. It takes 4000 pounds of roses to produce that amount. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John record the use of a costly perfume to annoint the head and feet of Jesus Christ. The particular perfumed ointment used by Mary was from the nard plant. According to Websters 7 th Collegiate Dictionary, nard was an East Indian aromatic plant.
Experiments prove that the fragrance begins to die as soon as the flower is cut.
As chemically complicated as fragrance is, it is the creation of the God who created it out of nothing. And yet, the Creator was willing to take on the likeness of sinful man to be the sacrifice for our sin. His blood is the most precious, priceless substance that one can contemplate. All Rights Reserved.