Myrrh

Song of Songs 1:11-2:4 - We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

Matthew 2:1-2 - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Conclusions:

• My perfume is nard, an aromatic oil extracted from the roots of a perennial herb that grows in India
• Myrrh is an aromatic gum exuding from the bark of a balsom tree that grows in Arabia, Ethiopia and India
• Myrrh was commonly used as an alluring feminine perfume
• Myrrh was also used to perfume royal nuptial robes
• The Magi brought myrrh to the young Jesus as a gift fit for a king
• Myrrh was an ingredient in the holy anointing oil
• People of all nations acknowledged Jesus as King of the Jews and came to worship Him as Lord

All Scripture verses taken from NIV

Conclusions derived from NIV Study Bible