The high priest had a rope with bells attached to him, so those outside the Holy of Holies would know that God had not struck him dead from his sound2 He also had to burn incense in a censer to create a cloud that would cover the mercy seat and protect him from God’s wrath1 He had to do all these things according to God’s instructions, or else he would die.
Makes you wonder what all was burning in that incense. The tradition to wear bells so that people know you are alive indicates there were incidents in the past where they died. Were they counteracting some lethal fumes with the incense? They must have had some level of alchemy going on with all of the stuff they were mixing in that oil. I wonder if the smoke from olive oil mixed with cinnamon and myrh was toxic (assuming it got burned at all with the other offerrings).
yeah alchemy.. wow.. all this whole process here.. but the gold shielding is like what they do with spacecrafts. So radiation coming off this thing. Could be alien shit. hahah
Makes you wonder what all was burning in that incense. The tradition to wear bells so that people know you are alive indicates there were incidents in the past where they died. Were they counteracting some lethal fumes with the incense? They must have had some level of alchemy going on with all of the stuff they were mixing in that oil. I wonder if the smoke from olive oil mixed with cinnamon and myrh was toxic (assuming it got burned at all with the other offerrings).
yeah alchemy.. wow.. all this whole process here.. but the gold shielding is like what they do with spacecrafts. So radiation coming off this thing. Could be alien shit. hahah
Yeah I have always been half convinced that the hebrews were just used as a proxy in a war between two technocivilizations.