Anointing and Spiritual Cover
ANOINTING AND SPIRITUAL COVERING. The origin of the anointing was from the practices of the Jews which could stand to mean several things Ordinarily anointing the head with oil or ointment seemed to be a mark of respect sometimes paid by a host to his guest (Luke 7:46) Official, it was a rite of inauguration into each of the three officers of the Jewish commonwealth A prophet, a priest more so the high priest and the king. (1st Kings 19:16, Psalms 105:15, Exodus 40:15, 29:29,1 st Samuel 9:16,1 st Kings 1:39) This was also used for the recovering of the sick James 5:14, Mark 6:13 In the New Testament, we see that the coming of Christ did come and was anointed not with oil but with the ...