The Meaning And
Importance
Of
Anointing
Anointing serves the following purposes:
1. To demonstrate divine
approval.
And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these." 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep."
And
Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till
he comes here." 12 So he sent and brought him in.
Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!"
1 Samuel 16:10-12
2. To serve as a mark of
recognition.
22 Saying, "Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm ."
1 Chronicles 16:22
3. To separate somebody from uncleanliness and unholiness.
Then the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves
from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My
holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the LORD. 3 Say to them: 'Whoever of all your descendants
throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children
of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has uncleanness upon him, that person
shall be cut off from My presence: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:3
Majority are usually unclean, and they do not abide by the laws of holiness.
11 Now therefore,
make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do His will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the
land, and from the pagan wives."
Ezra 10:11
31'Thus you shall separate the children of
Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they
defile My tabernacle that is among them.
Leviticus 15:31
4. To separate somebody from
the others in order for him to perform a specific task.
16
For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; I have taken
them for Myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the
children of Israel. 17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are
Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself. 18 I have taken the Levites instead of all the
firstborn of the children of Israel.
Numbers 8:16-18
5. To perform duties on the
behalf of others.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary."
Numbers 8:16-19
6. To dedicate the person to
God.
13 "And you shall stand the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave offering to the LORD. 14 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine. 15 After that the Levites shall go in to service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.
Numbers 8:13-19
7. To dedicate a person to his
ministry.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:25-28
8. To make holy. It is a mark of holiness.
21 And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Exodus 29:20-21
26 For such a High Priest (minister) was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens (he has become exalted among mankind);
Hebrews 7:26-27
9. To put the seal of God on a
person.
12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
13 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'
Revelation 3:12-13
10.To empower the person with the Holy Spirit,
without which the person cannot perform.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
1 Samuel 16:13
The Example Of Jesus - The Good News of Salvation
1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the LORD has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."
Isaiah 61:1-3
11.To ensure that a person
remains in the footstep of the Almighty.
15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
John 17:15-17
12.To place the person above
and victorious over forces of darkness.
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:37-39
13.To destroy old and evil
foundations.
18 "Come now, and let us reason together,"
Says the LORD,
"Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool .
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword";
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 1:18-20
17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
(Those
already initiated into various cults)
To go to the gardens
(living among the nations)
After an idol in the midst,
(but serving idols and demons)
Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
(and therefore, possessed and living with evil spirits)
Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
(shall be destroyed, unless they repent.)
Isaiah 66:17
14.To lay a new foundation in
righteousness and holiness.
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of
hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!"
4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 So I said:
"Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The LORD of hosts."
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
"Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken
away,
And your sin purged."
Isaiah 6:1-7
15.To serve as a turning point
in the life and times of a person.
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: "Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance? 5 After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying. 6 Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you. "
1 Samuel 10:1-8
16.To make a covenant with God.
Covenant means a binding agreement of love, success and prosperity.
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 "And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:8-11
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
Genesis 17:1-3
17.To serve as a remembrance of Gods
covenant.
12 And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth ... 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; Genesis 9:12, 13
18.To open the seven spiritual
centers to function as God wants.
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock . If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20-21
19 "You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram. 20 Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.
Exodus 29:19-21
By so doing, to open their spiritual ears, for them to start hearing the voice of God.
4
"The Lord GOD has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is weary.
He awakens Me
morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.
5 The Lord GOD has opened My ear ;
And I was not rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.
Isaiah 50:4-5
19.To serve as a sign of
blessings and favours. Consider the example of Joseph:
13 And of Joseph he said:
"Blessed of the LORD is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with
the dew,
And the deep lying beneath,
14 With the
precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months,
15 With the best
things of the ancient mountains,
With the precious things of the everlasting
hills,
16 With the
precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let the blessing come on the head of
Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.'
Deuteronomy 33:13-16
20.To create public awareness.
9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers 8:5-12
15 Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying: 16 "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
18 And the LORD said to Moses: "Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; 19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight. 20 And you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him all the congregation."
22 So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 27:15-23