Incense

The word incense

07002 ^rjq^ qitter [KUF, TET, REISH] from 06999; AV-incense 1; 1) incense Jeremiah 44:21 The incense <07002> that ye burned <06999>in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it [not] into his mind?

06999 rjq qatar [KUF, TET, REISH] a primitive root [identical with 07000 through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants];AV-incense 59, burn 49, offer 3, kindle 1, offering 1, misc 4; 117v 1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke n m 2) incense

07000 ^rjq^ qatar [KUF, TET, REISH] a primitive root; AV-joined 1; 1) (Qal) to shut in, enclose, join 1a) meaning dubious

Ezekiel 46:22 In the four corners of the court [there were] courts joined of forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four corners [were] of one measure.

07001 ^rjq^ q@tar [KUF, TET, REISH] (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to 07000;

AV-doubts 2, joints 1; 3 1) knot, joint, problem1a) joints (of the hip) 1b) difficulties, doubts (fig) 

Daniel 5:12, 16 Join thoughts and dissolving doubts

07004 ^תרטק^ qᵉtoreth \@ket-o’- reth\@ from 06999; n f; {See TWOT on 2011 @@ "2011a"}

AV-incense 57, perfume 3; 60

1) incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice
   1a) sweet smoke of sacrifice
   1b) incense
   1c) perfume

“And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you:… he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties;…” 1 Samuel 8:11,12. We have fallen away from the teachings of the Bible. Their institution of modern Churches are barren. Instead of leading people to liberty they have delivered them into bondage. “While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.” 2 Peter 2:19 The people seeking the kingdom of God have been influenced by Roman ideas and many of our traditions have evolved from that influence. “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.” Rev. 2:14, 15 Balac was not a religion but a government system that brought the people to a state of selfish apathy and wantonness by an exercising authority and covetous vanity. The exercising authority of rulers, their entitlements, traditions and doctrines usurps the responsibility of the individual and brings them into sloth, apathy and avarice. Religion today has been polluted by men who desire power and authority over other people, whether in civil democracies or the church pew. This power and authority was never intended by the Lord.

“Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;” Jeremiah 18:15

We may return to the ancient paths and join together in true worship of our King and Father. Modern Christianity is the product of centuries of book burning, prevarication and persecution. We must learn to worship the Father by paying Him homage and service by caring for His sheep. We cannot serve two masters nor can we pay homage to one King while we say we worship another. “And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.” Luke 11:2 There should be no king or ruler for Christians but Jesus the Christ. No Father on earth but our Father in Heaven. It is that kingdom of liberty under God which is at hand. It is the justice and mercy of His perfect law of liberty to which we owe our homage, allegiance and worship. “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2