How is that possible? What is the business of 'dead flies' in a perfume? How did the flies ever get into the perfumery? What happened to the perfume? Interestingly, the flies which got into the perfume bottle could not thrive there and died. Well, that sounds alright. The case did not stop there! The perfume started emanating foul odour, and got thrown away!! So says, the 'Wise Teacher' who wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes, in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.
'Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a foul odour; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.' (Ecc 10:1) .
As I was pondering over this Scripture portion, I was reminded by the Lord, a whole set of the kings of Judah, His chosen people, who were honored for their wisdom and godliness, yet fell short of a glorious reign due the 'dead flies' that entered their lives. These 'flies / folly' should not have entered at all. Having entered, they were not chased away but allowed to stay. On letting them continue their existence, they died being unable to withstand the 'perfume'. They however 'stayed inside dead'. It started the 'stink' and outweighed the pleasant odour of the 'perfume'.
