Life is good, and is meant to be lived to its fullest with good health. It's part of the plan.
The priests of the Old Testament were the physicians. The healing anointing was meant to be done with both the word of God, which was the energy of the plant created by God's word, and prayer or words of thanks and worship to God.
In fact the "allopathic" or prescription medicines we use today were mostly designed in the mid 20th century, and synthetically replicate plant constituents. The Pharmaceutical companies are searching the rainforest and sea floor for plants that will provide cures to conditions we are still fighting.
So Frankincense is known as a holy oil in the Middle East . It is an ingredient in the holy incense and was used anciently during sacrificial ceremonies to help improve communication with the creator.
In 2012 a scientific extract reports that alpha-phellandrene (found in frankincense oil) was found to have pain sensation-blocking properties.
In 2007 An extract from frankincense was found to produce apoptosis (the dying off of cells) in human leukemia cells.
In 2012 and another study in 2013 found the sesquiterpene found in Boswellia frereana (frankincense) is showing promising to inhibit cancer cell proliferation in ovarian, liver, breast, bladder, lung and brain cancer cell lines. I counted 8 citations.
There are a number of laboratories studying the potential of frankincense for healing.
So the question remains. Can you take it on faith that frankincense is a healer, or do you need scientific evidence? Can you take the scriptures and the gospel of Jesus Christ on faith, or do you need scientific evidence?
Currently frankincense is recommended for:
Allergies, bites (insect and snake), bronchitis, carbuncles, catarrh, colds, diarrhea, diphtheria, gonorrhea, headaches, healing, hemorrhaging, herpes, high blood pressure, jaundice, laryngitis, meningitis, nervous conditions, prostate problems, pneumonia, respiratory problems, sciatic pain, sores, spiritual awareness, staph, strep, stress, syphilis, T>B>, tension, tonsillitis, typhoid and wounds. It contains sesquiterpenes enabling it to go beyond the blood-brain barrier. It may help oxygenate the pineal and pituitary glands, prevent Alzheimer's, Dementia, depression.
So, Jesus had needs, and he was a healer. He took compassion on those who needed healing and he could heal with his word, his touch, or by providing the essential oil of the tree sap that would give relief. He didn't need the previous list of names for illnesses; he just needed to provide the relief and healing that was borne in frankincense.
The spice trail, or commonly referred to as the frankincense trail was well established by the time we hear about it in Genesis 37:25. In the story of Joseph. Young Joseph was sent by his father to find his older brothers tending sheep far away and report back. It's quite the story of siblings turning against a younger brother. They planned to kill him, and tell their father he had been eaten by wild animals. While considering his fate, they through him in a hole, perhaps a dry well. Meanwhile, along comes a caravan of spice traders carrying spices, balm and myrrh to Egypt
Ask someone to finish the story…….
Genesis 43:11 Israel
God preserves a story with a purpose, and within that story the telling of significant value the balm, spices and myrrh held in that day and time. Dozens of essential oils and imported spices were used by the people of the Middle East in Biblical times.
It couldn't have been just about making dinner taste better, these imported spices had to play a significant role in daily life to command the caravans of camels coming over the desert year after year for hundreds of years.
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