I like to use a braided wick such as is used in a kerosene lamp. The wider the wick that you use, the brighter your lamp will be. To make a lamp you need a wick, something to hold the wick upright and keep it from dropping into the oil, a vessel to hold the oil, and pure olive oil. Plan for a flame about 1 inch above the surface. The wick needs to be close to the surface of the oil, as olive oil doesn’t have fumes to keep the wick burning, while fresh oil enters the burn zone. If you don’t have a handy clay olive oil lamp kicking around your kitchen, you can make a wick holder with wire. They had a pinch of clay at one side of the bowl to hold the wick upright, just above the surface of the oil. These clay olive oil lamps were small bowls. Buy a trusted brand, as you want pure olive oil, not olive oil that’s been adulterated with canola oil or other GMO oils.Īncient olive oil lamps are shallow dishes of oil with a wick or rag held upright. Olive oil is a renewable lamp fuel.įor burning as lamp oil you can use cheaper grades of olive oil, like pomace olive oil, rather than the expensive extra virgin oil. Even if you have to buy your olive oil, it’s not hard to find and not extremely expensive. It’s inexpensive and plentiful if you grow your own olives. It doesn’t spread toxic hydro-carbons into the air. Olive oil burns cleanly, without smoking. A light that comes from a flame fed by fresh oil. When he told the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, again, he mentions their olive oil lamps. When Jesus said “You are the light of the world,” He was making an analogy using the olive oil lamp - a light that burns brightly in fresh oil. It is the oil that Jesus/Y’shua studied the Holy Scriptures by, in his childhood home in Nazareth. It was the oil that brought about the miracle of Hanukkah during the time of the Maccabees - over 150 years before Jesus was born. It is the oil that was used in the Temple Menorah during both the first and second Temples in Jerusalem. The olive oil lamp is the kind of lighting that was used in the Holy-land 2,000 years ago. Today I want to show you the secrets of ancient lighting - how they brought light into the dark places thousands of years ago. I’ve been talking to you a lot about bringing light to a dark place, this season, by lighting a single candle.
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