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OIL/OLIVES/ANOINTING

Definition:

Something that makes clear, without blockage or obstruction. Either in the sense of making something visible/manifest or in the sense of something being made smooth without hinderance. 

Scripture:

  • Light is something that makes manifest (see definition for Light.). Oil is said to be “for the light.”

Exodus 25:6 (KJV) Oil for the light…

  • Oil is said to make one’s face “shine.” Another reference to oil making things manifest.

Psalms 104:15 (KJV) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

  • John says that the Holy Spirit is an anointing. This anointing has caused us to “know all things” (see clearly).

1 John 2:20 (KJV) But ye have an unction [anointing/smearing] from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

  • Oil is used synonymously with “smoothness” (clear of obstruction).

Proverbs 5:3 (KJV) For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Before God gave someone an office in Israel, such as king, prophet etc. their head was anointed with oil. Oil means “to make clear.” Head means “the top/surface.” So that means the Holy Spirit was making something “manifest upon the surface of that person.” This was supposed to represent how the Lord was now working clearly, manifestly on the outside of that person, for the particular task at hand. 

Leviticus 8:12 (KJV) And he poured of the anointing oil [making clear, manifest] upon Aaron’s head [on the surface/outside], and anointed him, to sanctify him.

1 Samuel 10:1 (KJV) Then Samuel took a vial of oil [making clear, manifest], and poured it upon his head [on the surface/outside], and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

  • To confirm this fact, the Bible states that after the oil was poured on David, the Spirit “came upon” him from that day forward. 

1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV) Then Samuel took the horn of oil [making clear], and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon [on the surface] David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

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