Image with me if you will a scratch and sniff Bible…
Yes that is the smell of mana, mmm-mmmmm the delicious smell of fattened calf, eeewww the coppery smell of blood dripping from Goliath’s head. How amazing would it be to enjoy the olfactory side of scripture! What did Jesus smell like? Could we start a fad of “How Would Jesus Smell” bracelets and T-Shirts?
Imagine smelling the pearly gates, the Ark of the Covenant, the animals on the Ark of Noah, and how could we not want to inhale the perfume used to wash the feet of the King. The biggest problem I can think of would be the mixture of scents on each page. From delicious banquets to entire cities being burned to the ground - perhaps just a bit too much for the nasal passages of most.
The solution – theme scented Bibles! I would like the death and destruction scented KJV please. I’ll take Feasts and Famines in the New American standard please. This would revolutionize how we smell the Bible. We would have to definitely be careful with that “sin” smell. The manufacturers would have to balance a stench with a sweet tempting smell that could be very difficult to produce.
And, what if people don’t like the smells? Well they could just ignore that part of the Bible. After all, most ignore the parts they don’t like anyway. Right?
