The Alabaster Jar

Luke 7:36 Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to eat the bread with Him, and He entered into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. Luke 7:37 And, behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume (maraqath) Luke 7:38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears (dama), and kept shining (tanagab) them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume (maraqath)

Scripture records this to be Miriam (Mary) the sister of Lazar (Lazarus) and the Pharisee who invited Yahusha to his place was Simon.

John 11:2 It was the Miriam who anointed the Master with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick

John 12:3 Miriam then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Yahusha and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Mark 14:3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman having an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

Luke and John records she was anointing his feet with the maraqath while Mark records she poured it over his head. Both are correct as she did both. The four besorah’s give a 360 degrees/four faces of the dimensions.

Maraqath: a mixture of spices for perfume

‘’Maraqath’’ has the root word ‘’mar’ which means bitter. It also has the root word ‘maraq’ which means ‘’cleansing’’

Mar: Bitter/weak

Maraq: cleansing by rubbing or scrubbing

It also has the root word ‘’raq’’ which means ‘’thin/weak’’, raqach which means ‘’spice’’ and chat which means ‘’broken’’

Raq:

Raqach:

Chat:

Its also has the root words ‘rach’ which means travel and ‘rachat’ which means a shovel used for winnowing grain in the wind.

Rach and rachat:

What is significant to see and understand is that Yahusha said ‘’ Mark14:8 “She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.”

We see the maraqath has the mar-bitter, maraq-cleansing, raq-weak, raqach-spice, rach-travel, rachat-shovel used for winnowing grain in the wind and chat-brokenness. All these words show what Yahusha accomplished for us when he atoned for our sins.

Mark 14:9 “Truly I say to you, wherever the besorah (gospel) is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done shall also be spoken of in memory of her (Maryam).”

Maryam has the ‘’mar’’ in her which means ‘’bitter’’ and ‘’yam’’ means ‘’seas’’. Put together ‘’bitter seas’’

Yam: seas

Maryam was a type of Ruach Yerushalam who mourns and weeps in bitterness for her Savior

It was no coincidence that Yahusha’s mother’s name was also Maryam and one of the gifts the wise men brought to him when he was born was ‘’mar’’ which means bitter.

Matt 2:11 And they came into the house and they found the Child with Miriam His mother; and they fell upon their faces and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures, and presented to Him a gift of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (mar).

Rev 12:5 And she (Heavenly Yerushalam) brought forth a son, a male child (Mashiyach likeness), who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to Alahym and to His throne.

Prophetically speaking of Mashiyach Yahusha Psalms 45:8 says all his garments smell of myrrh(mar)

Ps 45:8 All Your garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

The garments of Yahusha the seh (Lamb) of Alahym is stained with ‘’mar’’ because his people are bitter over him as one is bitter over a firstborn. And yes Yahusha is the first-born (bakar).

Zec 12:10 I shall pour out on the house of Daud (David) and on the inhabitants of Yerushalam, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they shall look on Me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they shall be bitter (mar) over Him as one that is in bitterness (mar) over a firstborn

Indeed wherever the besorah is preached it tells of the weeping of this woman over her Master’s legs as she is bitter over him as one that is in bitterness over a firstborn.

John 19:38 After these things Yoseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Yahusha, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Yahusha; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. John 19:39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh (mar) and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight

Ex30:22 Moreover, Yahuah spoke to Masha (Moses), saying, Ex3 0:23 As for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing (darur) myrrh (mar) five hundred, and of sweet cinnamon half of it, two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, Ex 30:24 and of cassia five hundred, according to the weigh/shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. Ex 30:25 You shall make it of a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. Ex30:26 With it you shall anoint the tent of appointment and the ark of the testimony, Ex 30:27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, Ex30:28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand Ex30:29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be holy of holiness; whatever touches them shall be holy. Ex30:30 You shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and consecrate them, to minister as priests to Me. Ex30:31 You shall speak to the sons of Yasharal, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. Ex30:32 It shall not be poured on the flesh of man, nor shall you make any like it in its proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

In the instruction given to Masha (Moses), the anointing oil was to be made of the finest of spices of FLOWING MYRRH, sweet cinnamon , sweet calamus and cassia. This anointing oil was to be most holy and everything in the tabernacle including all the utensils, stands, lampstands, ark of testimony, tent of appointment, priests and high priest etc needed to be anointed with this holy oil which had the flowing myrrh (mar)

What Maryam did was indeed Dabar and is recorded in the besorah preached because it was not just this woman who did this but all those belonging to Ruach Yasharal

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?

Speaking of the bride of Yahusha scripture gives her a description as diffusing the sweet aroma of Mashiyach

Song of Solomon 4:12-15 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. [13] Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, [14] Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: [15] A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

2Cor 2:15 For we are a fragrance of the Mashiyach to Alahym among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

The word used for tears in Abary is dama- Dalet Mem Ayin. Dalet and Mem form the word dam which means blood and ayin is the eye. Put together ‘’bloody eye’’. The picture is of one who is continuously weeping for their Master and their eyes are become sore red with the weeping.

Dama:

The unleavened cake with oil & frankincense which was offered as memorial of it upon the altar, an offering made by fire shows the fullness of Divinity of Messiah bodily who offered himself for us as a sacrifice for our sins.

Lev 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the YAHUAH, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: Lev 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 YAHUAH:

The powders of the merchant mingled with the olive oil which became the anointing oil making the ark of the testament, all vessels of ministry, altar etc holy was Messiah himself mingled with Alahym's Spirit (from where he came out) as the Quickening Spirit.

It was not accidental that the wise men brought these gifts to Messiah when he was born

Mat 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.

As we read in Exodus 30:23 the flowing myrrh (mar) was to be of 500 shekels. Yahusha quoted Thurah when he quoted Shimon the Pharisee a parable speaking of two debtors and one of them had a debt of 500 denari-the flowing myrrh was of 500 shekels. He quoted the ruach in the letter showing what this woman did fulfilling Thurah by loving him much as she anointed him with the sweet oil and washed his feet with her tears and kissed his feet and by doing this she was forgiven whereas Simon still had debt which needed to be forgiven.

Luke 7:41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.” Luke 7:42 “When they had nothing to pay, he graciously forgave them both. Tell me, therefore which of them shall love him more?” Luke 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.” Luke 7:44 Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? Behold, I entered into your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.” Luke 7:45 “You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.” Luke 7:46 “You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.” Luke 7:47 “For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little. Luke 7:48 Then He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven to you.

John 12:1 Then Yahusha, six days before the Feast of Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Yahusha had raised from the dead. John 12:2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. John 12:3 Miriam then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Yahusha and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

It was no coincidence that this happened just before Passover. The Passover lamb was to be eaten with marar (bitter). For details on this you could read the short study here:

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The mar is rooted in marar and speaks about Mashiyach and our bitterness in mourning for him

The greatest place to be is at the feet of Yahusha. The woman who did this was part of Ruach Yerushalam and all those belonging to Ruach Yerushalam will display Mashiyach likeness through their life. My prayer is everyone see the ruach in the letter.