What do you identify with smoke? To a young man i met today he related it to sorrow, for his house burned to the ground and he lost family members due to smoke inhalation. I relate it to birthday parties since my childhood was filled with happiness. To timber cutters smoke means run, or danger. To the lost man it signifies an end unwanted, and undesired.
There are different smells that smoke makes depending on what is being burned. A house fire smells like tar b/c of the shingles, that tar smell is overwhelming. A brush fire smells quite different. I personally always love cool fall mornings because of the wood fires people use to heat their homes with. It is a sweet smell to me. Birthdays have their own unique smell as burning wax candles are burnt and blown out - to me that smell means it is a time of celebration. Then i also remember that poor little squirrel that didn't understand just how electrical currents flow and the aroma of burn hair turned my stomach. Incense is used by many to make a room or house smell better. In the Holocaust testimonies of people burning in concentration camps was a most horrid smell, that was detectable for miles. I do not like smell of smokers smoking, I thank God for Credit/Debit cards and gas stations that accept them so I do not have to go inside to pay and come out smelling like smoke. Diesel smoke, factory smoke, train smoke, match smoke, electrical smoke, machine smoke, marijuana smoke (which I personally have never tried), candle smoke, gas logs smoke, cigar smoke, plane smoke, liquid smoke, fireworks smoke, grill smoke (which I like), Japanese restaurants cooking smoke in front of you smells good. Food burning in the oven has its own unique smell (gag),What smoke smells bring you joy? sorrow? celebration?
To God, some smells please and some he dislikes as well....a sacrifice for sin is a sweet smell to God but no sacrifice is needed today because, Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice for sin that appeased a Holy God forever.
Rev 8:4 - He likes the way incense smells with prayers
And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Rev 15:8 - His glory is smoking hot
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Rev 8:4 - He likes the way incense smells with prayers
And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Rev 15:8 - His glory is smoking hot
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Rev 9:2 states that the bottomless pit is filled with smoke- not a smoke I want to smell.
The bible says smoke arose, and it arises, rises up....aka it goes up.... to the heavens so to get to heaven do as the Hebrew children did and follow the pillar of smoke... following the smoke will lead you up to a higher place. Jesus died on Calvary to take you to a higher place if you call on him to repent of your sins. Smoke em' if ya got em'
