"All the Frankincense." by Charles H. Welch in The Berean Expositor
circa 1912-13.

Many precious lessons for the child of God may be gathered by a
prayerful study of the types of Leviticus, among them the fullness of
blessing which may be discovered in the verse which contains our title
--Lev. ii.16.  Speaking of the Meal Offering, which exhibits the moral
perfection of the Lord Jesus meeting our great lack of perfectness, the
Lord said:-

"And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn
thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense
thereof."

In this offering, as with all others which typified the one great
offering of the Saviour, neither leaven nor honey were permitted, but
in contrast to this the salt of the covenant and all the frankincense
ascended up acceptably unto the Lord.  In the beautiful language of the
Old Testament, the word for frankincense is l'bonah -- something white.
 What a picture of the believer being covered and accepted in all the
fragrance of the name of the Lord Jesus. Something white!  Nothing but
that which is evil and defiled could the Lord see in any of us by
ourselves, but, blessed be His name, just as the twelve loaves of
shewbread were covered by the frankincense (Lev. xxiv.5-7), so the
believer is covered by all the worthiness of the Son of God.

As we read the book of Numbers and see Israel continually failing,
sinning, murmuring, rebelling, and remember all that is written
concerning them, this blessed lesson of the covering frankincense is
enforced when we read the inspired words of Balaam, "He hath not beheld
iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel" (Num.
xxiii.21).  There is no other explanation of these remarkable words
than the fact that this wayward people were God's chosen ones, and that
He viewed them in Christ.  Truly "all the frankincense" is here.  The
sweet savour that ascended to God on behalf of Israel was but a type of
the Father's crowning mercy, as set forth in Eph. i.3-6, where sinners
of the Gentiles, aliens, and enemies who believe are told upon the
authority of God in the Word of His grace that they are "accepted in
the Beloved."

Brethren, can we not look up to Him at the right hand of God, and
thankfully realize something of the meaning of the words

all the frankincense.