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If you're upset by my saying of this, take it up with the Book.
That's what I did... and this post is the result.
Please do not think that I have written this to put myself on a high horse.
This has been compiled for my own admonition just as much as it may serve the purpose of being one for anyone else who reads.
As always, if I am in error, I would be gladly reproved by scripture over the matter (Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 12:1),
But the justification of men is of little value to God (Isaiah 64:6).
* For ease of reading, I have linked the scriptures where they are written so that the reader can check them for themselves and compare whether the things said are true or not. Anything that is highlighted in orange text is a clickable link that will take them to the scripture cited in the King James version of the bible.
Relevant definitions of some words from the Webster's 1828 dictionary are both linked within and listed at the end of the post.
First point,
Pretty straightforward,
- God calls men to be "sober," (Titus 2:6, Titus 2:12, 1 Peter 1:13, 1 Peter 5:8),
- And "vigilant" (1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Peter 5:8),
- To "keep under" their "body, and bring it into subjection" (1 Corinthians 9:26-27),
- And to be holy; for He is holy (Leviticus 11:44, 1 Peter 1:15-16).
Second point,
- Burning incense unto other gods is an act of idolatry.
So this is made perfectly clear - INCENSE is "perfume exhaled by fire" and PERFUME is "a substance that emits a scent or odor which affects agreeably the organs of smelling..."
Thus, the burning of both the tobacco and marijuana plants are examples of burning incense.
- Burning incense is done in the "HIGH places" (2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 23:5)
- Burning incense unto other gods may provoke the Lord to anger and cause Him to bring evil upon a place (2 Kings 22:16-17)
- Burning incense is an idolatrous act of the heathen (2 Kings 17:11-12)
+ An added note about these idolatrous priests,
When king Josiah removes these priests from their burning of incense in high places, they do not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, however they do continue to eat unleavened bread with their brethren (2 Kings 23:9).
My personal thought on this matter is that the priests were out of fellowship with God because of their incense burning, however they still remain as a part of the (saved) family of God just like any man in the flesh who has received salvation yet still sins in their flesh. The idolatrous priests failed to dishonor the vessels of wood and earth within their house.
They did not purge themselves from these things, so they were thus not "meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work." (2 Timothy 2:19-22)
Third point,
In Leviticus 26:21-22, God warns His people that if they will not hearken to Him, and if they will walk contrary to Him, that He will make their "HIGH ways" "desolate."
Fourth point,
In Job chapter 41, a description of Satan is given through the beast of Leviathan.
- One of the attributes of the Leviathan is that he has smoke which goes out of his nostrils (Job 41:19-21)
> By contrast, smoke will come out of the nostrils of God when He comes to take vengeance on His enemies (Psalm 18:6-8).
+ I don't know of anyone ever who said, 'Let me take a puff of weed or tobacco so that I can be more enthusiastic about preaching Christ.'
That's not why people smoke weed or tobacco. They do it for their own lustful pleasure, not to wage war on the enemies of God.
Fifth point,
"Fire" occurs 549 times in a King James Bible.
- I will take a leap of faith here and summarize the use of fire as being most closely associated with the judgement of God.
Two examples that come to mind are,
a) That Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed with fire and brimstone (Genesis 19:24-25) and,
b) That men suffer loss at the judgement seat of Christ by the fire which tries their works to see of what sort they are (1 Corinthians 3:13-15).
+ A common pothead argument is to point to Genesis 1:29, saying that God gave man every herb bearing seed, and every tree which produces fruit by a seed to man. What they don't mention is the last part of the verse which states "...to you it shall be for meat."
If a person wants to make the parallel point that the Bible states that people cook meat with fire, and by that wording, that it is therefore okay to cook the herbs and trees as they are also "meat," then I will not contest that...
However, I will point out that there's no argument to be made about how the inhalation of smoke from cooking the "meat" (as herbs and trees in this case), is beneficial for the lungs. It is well understood that inhaling smoke is a burden to the lungs and - to some extent - inhibits the utilization of oxygen.
Which leads me into the next point...
Sixth point,
- God gave us AIR to breathe for life, not smoke.
At the creation of man, God "...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7)
The substance which made the soul come alive is the breath of life.
> To oppose myself again, if a person wanted to form an argument against this, they might say,
'The breath of life which came from God is not the same as the air we breathe to live.'
To contest this point, I would say that,
a) God created "all things" (Revelation 4:11) that are both "in heaven" and "in earth" (Colossians 1:16) for Himself, "by him all things consist." (Colossians 1:17) and,
b) the host of the heavens were made by the breath of His mouth (Psalm 33:6)
SO'BER, adjective [Latin sobrius.]
3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason.
4. Regular; calm; not under the influence of passion; as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
5. Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn.
VIG'ILANT, adjective [Latin vigilans.] Watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety.
SUBJECTION, noun
1. The act of subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the dominion of another.
2. The state of being under the power, control and government of another.
IN'CENSE, noun in'cens. [Latin incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn.]
1. Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity.
PERFU'ME, noun [Latin per and fumus, smoke, or fumo, to fumigate.]
1. A substance that emits a scent or odor which affects agreeably the organs of smelling, as musk, civet, spices or aromatics of any kind; or any composition of aromatic substances.
2. The scent, odor or volatile particles emitted from sweet smelling substances.
CONSIST, verb intransitive [Latin , to stand.]
1. To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
2. To stand or be; to lie; to be contained; followed by in.
3. To be composed; followed by of.
That's what I did... and this post is the result.
Please do not think that I have written this to put myself on a high horse.
This has been compiled for my own admonition just as much as it may serve the purpose of being one for anyone else who reads.
As always, if I am in error, I would be gladly reproved by scripture over the matter (Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 12:1),
But the justification of men is of little value to God (Isaiah 64:6).
* For ease of reading, I have linked the scriptures where they are written so that the reader can check them for themselves and compare whether the things said are true or not. Anything that is highlighted in orange text is a clickable link that will take them to the scripture cited in the King James version of the bible.
Relevant definitions of some words from the Webster's 1828 dictionary are both linked within and listed at the end of the post.
First point,
Pretty straightforward,
- God calls men to be "sober," (Titus 2:6, Titus 2:12, 1 Peter 1:13, 1 Peter 5:8),
- And "vigilant" (1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Peter 5:8),
- To "keep under" their "body, and bring it into subjection" (1 Corinthians 9:26-27),
- And to be holy; for He is holy (Leviticus 11:44, 1 Peter 1:15-16).
Second point,
- Burning incense unto other gods is an act of idolatry.
So this is made perfectly clear - INCENSE is "perfume exhaled by fire" and PERFUME is "a substance that emits a scent or odor which affects agreeably the organs of smelling..."
Thus, the burning of both the tobacco and marijuana plants are examples of burning incense.
- Burning incense is done in the "HIGH places" (2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 23:5)
- Burning incense unto other gods may provoke the Lord to anger and cause Him to bring evil upon a place (2 Kings 22:16-17)
- Burning incense is an idolatrous act of the heathen (2 Kings 17:11-12)
+ An added note about these idolatrous priests,
When king Josiah removes these priests from their burning of incense in high places, they do not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, however they do continue to eat unleavened bread with their brethren (2 Kings 23:9).
My personal thought on this matter is that the priests were out of fellowship with God because of their incense burning, however they still remain as a part of the (saved) family of God just like any man in the flesh who has received salvation yet still sins in their flesh. The idolatrous priests failed to dishonor the vessels of wood and earth within their house.
They did not purge themselves from these things, so they were thus not "meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work." (2 Timothy 2:19-22)
Third point,
In Leviticus 26:21-22, God warns His people that if they will not hearken to Him, and if they will walk contrary to Him, that He will make their "HIGH ways" "desolate."
Fourth point,
In Job chapter 41, a description of Satan is given through the beast of Leviathan.
- One of the attributes of the Leviathan is that he has smoke which goes out of his nostrils (Job 41:19-21)
> By contrast, smoke will come out of the nostrils of God when He comes to take vengeance on His enemies (Psalm 18:6-8).
+ I don't know of anyone ever who said, 'Let me take a puff of weed or tobacco so that I can be more enthusiastic about preaching Christ.'
That's not why people smoke weed or tobacco. They do it for their own lustful pleasure, not to wage war on the enemies of God.
Fifth point,
"Fire" occurs 549 times in a King James Bible.
- I will take a leap of faith here and summarize the use of fire as being most closely associated with the judgement of God.
Two examples that come to mind are,
a) That Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed with fire and brimstone (Genesis 19:24-25) and,
b) That men suffer loss at the judgement seat of Christ by the fire which tries their works to see of what sort they are (1 Corinthians 3:13-15).
+ A common pothead argument is to point to Genesis 1:29, saying that God gave man every herb bearing seed, and every tree which produces fruit by a seed to man. What they don't mention is the last part of the verse which states "...to you it shall be for meat."
If a person wants to make the parallel point that the Bible states that people cook meat with fire, and by that wording, that it is therefore okay to cook the herbs and trees as they are also "meat," then I will not contest that...
However, I will point out that there's no argument to be made about how the inhalation of smoke from cooking the "meat" (as herbs and trees in this case), is beneficial for the lungs. It is well understood that inhaling smoke is a burden to the lungs and - to some extent - inhibits the utilization of oxygen.
Which leads me into the next point...
Sixth point,
- God gave us AIR to breathe for life, not smoke.
At the creation of man, God "...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7)
The substance which made the soul come alive is the breath of life.
> To oppose myself again, if a person wanted to form an argument against this, they might say,
'The breath of life which came from God is not the same as the air we breathe to live.'
To contest this point, I would say that,
a) God created "all things" (Revelation 4:11) that are both "in heaven" and "in earth" (Colossians 1:16) for Himself, "by him all things consist." (Colossians 1:17) and,
b) the host of the heavens were made by the breath of His mouth (Psalm 33:6)
SO'BER, adjective [Latin sobrius.]
3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason.
4. Regular; calm; not under the influence of passion; as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
5. Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn.
VIG'ILANT, adjective [Latin vigilans.] Watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety.
SUBJECTION, noun
1. The act of subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the dominion of another.
2. The state of being under the power, control and government of another.
IN'CENSE, noun in'cens. [Latin incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn.]
1. Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity.
PERFU'ME, noun [Latin per and fumus, smoke, or fumo, to fumigate.]
1. A substance that emits a scent or odor which affects agreeably the organs of smelling, as musk, civet, spices or aromatics of any kind; or any composition of aromatic substances.
2. The scent, odor or volatile particles emitted from sweet smelling substances.
CONSIST, verb intransitive [Latin , to stand.]
1. To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
2. To stand or be; to lie; to be contained; followed by in.
3. To be composed; followed by of.
