This Woodland Inspirations Peace on Earth Nativity Log
is an elegant piece for your table top Christmas decorations. The log measures 10” tall, 7” wide and 2” deep, when opened. Made of resin. The resin is made to look like a piece of bleached wood carved into a nativity scene. On the outside there is the Star of Bethlehem with Peace on Earth written below. On the inside there is the three wise men and the Holy Family on the other side. There is gold accent to compliment the bleached wood.
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Myrrh: The sap of the myrrh tree dries into hard, reddish brown lumps of gum resin known as myrrh. The tree discharges the resin from between the outer layers of the bark, and the resin falls to the ground. The perfume ingredient is an oil obtained by heating the resin to produce a vapor, then cooling the vapor. Although unfamiliar to us today, in ancient times myrrh was a precious and much sought-after substance. The Magi or wise men from the east brought the baby Jesus a gift of myrrh.
There are a number ideas about the symbolism of the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. One suggests the gold represented a gift fit for a king. Frankincense was given as a symbol of Jesus becoming the high priest. Myrrh was used in making medicines and would symbolize Jesus becoming a great physician and healer.
Another opinion is that these gifts were a kind of symbolic foreshadowing of what the life of this baby would be. Gold, given in recognition of Jesus being a king. Frankincense and myrrh were used to prepare a corpse for burial. Thus these two gifts would foreshadow the dark end Jesus would meet on the cross.
Ancient records tell us that it was perhaps most commonly employed as a medicine. The Romans Greeks Assyrians and other peoples of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East prescribed myrrh in treatments for a wide variety of afflictions, including sores in the mouth, infections, coughs, and worms. It was also burned to fumigate the rooms of the sick. Myrrh appears at the beginning of Jesus’ life as a gift and at the end of his life as a medicine. The ancient Egyptians used Myrrh in the process of embalming corpses. The ancient Hebrews also treated the dead with myrrh. Myrrh was highly valued as a component of perfume and incense. Myrrh was especially prized as an ingredient in perfumed oils and lotions because of its enduring fragrance and long shelf life. The Hebrews made myrrh one of the primary ingredients of the holy oil with which they anointed their high priests and the sacred objects of their temples. In ancient times, Arabia supplied the Mediterranean and Asia with most of their myrrh and frankincense. These products were so highly valued and so difficult to obtain outside of Arabia they became a luxury affordable only by the rich.
Today myrrh trees can be found in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Myrrh is still used as a component of incense and perfume. It is also found in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes. Interest in the medicinal properties of myrrh has been increasing in recent years.
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