All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Believers are pilgrims and strangers in this world, having no continuing city here but seeking the one to come, the heavenly city. To be fitted for that city they are to breathe the atmosphere of the heavenly Canaan even now, inhaling its sweetness and spices and fragrance. That fragrance is to rest upon their garments, marking them as those who live from above while still journeying below. The scented garment is a pleasant, heavenly influence exerted upon others, a power for good that touches all around. It is imparted by acting with pleasantness and love in all intercourse, and never by a surly, sour spirit.
Believers are pilgrims and strangers in this world, having no continuing city here but seeking the one to come, the heavenly city. To be fitted for that city they are to breathe the atmosphere of the heavenly Canaan even now, inhaling its sweetness and spices and fragrance. That fragrance is to rest upon their garments, marking them as those who live from above while still journeying below. The scented garment is a pleasant, heavenly influence exerted upon others, a power for good that touches all around. It is imparted by acting with pleasantness and love in all intercourse, and never by a surly, sour spirit.