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Treasure Discoveries
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
•The Incredible Birth
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
•The Incredible Journey
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
Present …The Word
Practice …The Word
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
•The Incredible Irony
Treasure Discoveries…
“Mary’s Offering”
•The Incredible Application
Treasure Discoveries…
“The Magi’s Offering”
Gold
Frankincense
Myrrh
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Hindsight
(He disclosed
secrets of the
past)
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Insight
(He discussed
situations of the
present)
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Foresight
(He disclosed
sureties of the
future)
Priest
Represented
man before
God.
Priest
Represented
man before
God.
He must be:
• Taken from
among men and
be a man of
passion and
• Hebrews 5:1-2 – “For every
high priest taken from
among men is ordained for
men in things pertaining to
God, that he may offer both
gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Who can have compassion
on the ignorant, and on
them that are out of the
way; for that he himself also
is compassed with
Priest
Represented
man before
God.
He must be:
• Chosen by
God.
• Hebrews 5:4 – “And no man
taketh this honour unto
himself, but he that is called of
God, as was Aaron.”
• Numbers 16:5 – “And he spake
unto Korah and unto all his
company, saying, Even to
morrow the LORD will shew
who are his, and who is holy;
and will cause him to come
near unto him: even him whom
he hath chosen will he cause to
come near unto him.”
Priest
Represented
man before
God.
He must be:
• Consecrated
to God.
• Leviticus 21:6-7 – “They shall
be holy unto their God, and not
profane the name of their God:
for the offerings of the LORD
made by fire, and the bread of
their God, they do offer:
therefore they shall be holy.
They shall not take a wife that
is a whore, or profane; neither
shall they take a woman put
away from her husband: for he
is holy unto his God.”
King
Ruled for
God.
King
Ruled for
God
He was to :
• Be chosen
by God.
• Deuteronomy 17:15 – “Thou
shalt in any wise set him
king over thee, whom the
LORD thy God shall choose:
one from among thy
brethren shalt thou set king
over thee: thou mayest not
set a stranger over thee,
which is not thy brother.”
King
Ruled for
God
He was to :
• Come from
the tribe of
Judah.
• Genesis 49:10 – “The
sceptre shall not
depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until
Shiloh come; and unto
him shall the gathering
of the people be.”
King
Ruled for
God
He was to :
• Come from
the seed of
David.
• 2nd Samuel 7:16-17 – “And
thine house and thy kingdom
shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall
be established for ever.
According to all these words,
and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak
unto David.”
Matthew 5:17
– “Think not
that I am
come to
destroy the
law, or the
prophets: I
am not come
to destroy,
but to fulfil.”
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
Prophe
t
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office
of:Prophet
• This was
the office
that God
prophesied
of Him to
Moses.
• Deuteronomy 18:18-19 – “I will
raise them up a Prophet from
among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in
his mouth; and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall
command him. And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever
will not hearken unto my words
which he shall speak in my
name, I will require it of him.”
• John 1:19-21 – “And this is the
record of John, when the Jews
sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art
thou? And he confessed, and
denied not; but confessed, I am
not the Christ. And they asked
him, What then? Art thou Elias?
And he saith, I am not. Art
thou that prophet? And he
answered, No.”
• This is His
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the officePAST ministry.
of:Prophet• (He carried out this
office beginning at
His baptism in the
Jordan River and
ended at His death
on the cross)
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office
of:Prophet
• This is the
office
represented
by the
wisemen’s
gift of
MYRRH.
Myrrh
It was a perfume.
Song of Solomon 3:6
“Who is this that
cometh out of the
wilderness like pillars
of smoke, perfumed
with myrrh and
frankincense, with all
powders of the
merchant?”
Myrrh
It was an
anesthetic.
Mark 15:23 – “And
they gave him to
drink wine
mingled with
myrrh: but he
received it not.”
Myrrh
It was a key substance
used in the
preparation of bodies
for burial.
John 19:39 – “And there
came also Nicodemus,
which at the first came
to Jesus by night,
and brought a
mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about an
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office
of:Prophet
• Doctrinally
MYRRH is
associated
with 2 key
things:
• Death
• Christ
• Revelation 2:8 – “And unto the
angel of the church in Smyrna
(myrrh) write; These things
saith the first and the last, which
was dead, and is alive”
• Song of Solomon 5:5 – “I rose up
to open to my beloved; and my
hands dropped with myrrh, and
my fingers with sweet smelling
myrrh, upon the handles of the
lock.”
• Deuteronomy 18:15-16 – “The
LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto
me; unto him ye shall hearken;
According to all that thou
desiredst of the LORD thy God in
Horeb in the day of the assembly,
saying, Let me not hear again the
voice of the LORD my God,
neither let me see this great fire
any more, that I die not.”
- John 1:1 – “In the
beginning was the
Word, and the Word
was with God, and the
Word was God.”
- John 1:14 – “And
the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we
beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only
begotten of the
Father,) full of grace
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Hindsight
(He disclosed
secrets of the
past)
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Insight
(He discussed
situations of the
present)
Prophet
Represented God
before man.
He possessed…
• Foresight
(He disclosed
sureties of the
future)
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office
of:Prophet
• MYRRH is
the First
and the
Last gift
given to
Christ at His
first coming.
• Matthew 2:11 – “And when they
were come into the house, they
saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and
worshipped him: and when they
had opened their treasures, they
presented unto him gifts; gold,
and frankincense, and myrrh.”
• Mark 15:23 – “And they gave him
to drink wine mingled with
myrrh: but he received it not.”
Jesus Christ
• He met the
fulfilled the office of:
Qualifications
Priest
for the
Priest’s office:
Jesus Christ
• He met the
fulfilled the office of:
Qualifications
Priest
for the
Priest’s office:
He was taken
from among
men.
• Hebrews 2:16 – “For verily he
(Jesus) took not on him the
nature of angels; but he took on
him the seed of Abraham.”
• Hebrews 4:15 – “For we have
not an high priest which cannot
be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin.”
Jesus Christ
• He met the
fulfilled the office of:
Qualifications
Priest
for the
Priest’s office:
He was
chosen by
God.
• Hebrews 5:4-6 – “And no man
taketh this honour unto himself,
but he that is called of God, as
was Aaron. So also Christ
glorified not himself to be made
an high priest; but he that said
unto him, Thou art my Son, to
day have I begotten thee. As he
saith also in another place, Thou
art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec.”
Jesus Christ
• He met the
fulfilled the office of:
Qualifications
Priest
for the
Priest’s office:
He was
consecrated
to God.
• Hebrews 7:26 – “For such an high
priest became us, who is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from
sinners, and made higher than the
heavens”
• Luke 1:35 – “And the angel answered
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which
shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God.”
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
Priest
• He performed the
RESPONSABILITIE
S for the Priest’s
office:
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
Priest
• He performed the
RESPONSABILITIE
S for the Priest’s
office:
He offered up the
sacrifice of
Himself on
• Hebrews 10:11-14 – “And every
priest standeth daily ministering and
offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away
sins: But this man, after he had
offered one sacrifice for sins for ever,
sat down on the right hand of God;
From henceforth expecting till his
enemies be made his footstool. For by
one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified.”
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
Priest
• He performed the
RESPONSABILITIE
S for the Priest’s
office:
He prayed (and
prays) for His
people.
• John 17:20 – “Neither pray I for
these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their
word”
• Romans 8:34 – “Who is he that
condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is
even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us.”
• Hebrews 7:25 – “Wherefore he is able
also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing he
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
Priest
• He performed the
RESPONSABILITIE
S for the Priest’s
office:
He blesses
His people.
• Numbers 6:23-26 – “Speak unto Aaron
and unto his sons, saying, On this wise
ye shall bless the children of Israel,
saying unto them, The LORD bless thee,
and keep thee: The LORD make his
face shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee: The LORD lift up his
countenance upon thee, and give thee
peace.”
• Hebrews 7:1 – “For this Melchisedec,
king of Salem, priest of the most high
God, who met Abraham returning from
the slaughter of the kings, and blessed
• Ephesians 1:3 –
“Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in
Christ”
Jesus Christ
• This is the
fulfilled the office of: office
Priest
represented
by the
wisemen’s gift
of
frankincense
.
• Doctrinally
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:Frankincen
Priest
se is
associated
with 2 key
things:
• Priesthood
• Exodus 30:30-34 – “And thou shalt anoint Aaron
and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may
minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou
shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me
throughout your generations. Upon man's flesh
shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy,
and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever
compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth
any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off
from his people. And the LORD said unto Moses,
Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha,
and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure
frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight”
• Leviticus 2:2 And he shall bring it to
Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall
take thereout his handful of the flour
thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all
the frankincense thereof; and the priest
shall burn the memorial of it upon the
altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD:
• Leviticus 2:15-16 And thou shalt put oil
upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it
is a meat offering. And the priest shall
burn the memorial of it, part of the
beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil
thereof, with all the frankincense
thereof: it is an offering made by fire
• Luke 1:10 – “And the whole multitude of the
people were praying without at the time of
incense.”
• Revelation 8:3-5 – “And another angel came
and stood at the altar, having a golden censer;
and there was given unto him much incense,
that he should offer it with the prayers of all
saints upon the golden altar which was before
the throne. And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's
hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled
it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the
earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an
• This is His
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:PRESENT
Priest
ministry.
• (It began at
the cross and
will end at the
nd
2 coming)
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
King
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
King
• He met the
QUALIFICATIONS
for the King’s office:
He was
chosen by
God.
• Psalms 2:6 – “Yet have I
set my king upon my
holy hill of Zion.”
• Revelation 19:16 –
“And he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh
a name written, KING
OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS.”
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
King
• He met the
QUALIFICATIONS
for the King’s office:
He was from
the Tribe of
Judah.
• Revelation 5:5 – “And
one of the elders saith
unto me, Weep not:
behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Root
of David, hath prevailed
to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals
thereof.”
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of:
King
• He met the
QUALIFICATIONS
for the King’s office:
He was from
the seed of
David.
• Revelation 5:5-6 – “And one of the
elders saith unto me, Weep not:
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda,
the Root of David, hath prevailed to
open the book, and to loose the seven
seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo,
in the midst of the throne and of the
four beasts, and in the midst of the
elders, stood a Lamb as it had been
slain, having seven horns and seven
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
God sent forth into all the earth.”
• This is His
Jesus Christ
fulfilled the office of: FUTURE
King
ministry.
• (It will become a
REALITY at His
2nd coming and
will last for all
eternity!)
Jesus Christ
• This is the
fulfilled the office of: office
King
represented
by the
wisemen’s gift
of GOLD.
Jesus Christ
• Doctrinally
fulfilled the office of:GOLD is
King
associated with
2 key things:
• Highest of Value
(1 Kings 6-7,9; II Chronicles
2-4)
• Royalty
( 1 Kings 10:1-18, Gen 41:41-
Treasure Discoveries…
“The Magi’s Offering”