And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Do you understand what takes place when you hear Biblical words like ‘anoint?’
Can you picture the process of ‘consecrating them?’ Or do you understand the full weight of ‘sanctification?’
Although this Biblical jargon seems foreign to Common Era christians, WE are expected to know what they mean when the preacher throws this Christian jargon about.
Do you?
Before we begin, let's take a look at a first impression and artificial intrusion of human-less analysis. I'm referring to the Artificial Intelligence directing what WE humans read and write.
Although this is not my main purpose today, never-the-less, I seek to prove these computer programmers wrong.
Anoint, Consecrate and Sanctify
If you think that any instructions of Almighty God to a mere human being are unemotional and ‘unpowerful ‘ to the faithful or simply some Biblical jargon; think again, my fellow Common Era Christian and read your Bible better.
WE will start here. Comment at the bottom and tell me which one of these THREE WORDS is simply jargon.
Anoint, Consecrate, Sanctify: Which do you understand least?
Think about Aaron and his sons, priests of the LORD, and tell me how you think they felt (compared to our impression on AI) about representing God and the process involved.
To be continued...
No comments yet. So I guess that you understand all of these important Biblical terms.
So let’s begin with anoint; since most of the Common Era world is watching the United States of America anoint a new President today.
Anoint (according to God’s word)
מָשַׁח māšaḥ
The KJV translates Strong’s H4886 in the following manner:
- anoint (68x), painted (1x).
- (Qal) to smear
- to anoint (as consecration)
- to anoint, consecrate; (Niphal) to be anointed
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst H4886 the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me:
Genesis 31:13a KJV
And thou shalt anoint H4886 Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Exodus 30:30 KJV
Anointing and consecration to a vow and task are a very public witness before Almighty God and those you serve confirming the vow of what you will surely do for those you serve.
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:1 KJV
Yet beware! And remember your vow unto the Lord you God.
1 Samuel 16 excerpt KJV
.. fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
.. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
.. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward…
Anointed Kings in years of our Lord
ἀλείφω – aleiphō (Greek) – anoint
A glance from a scene with Jesus joining a Pharisee (Rabbi) to a feast at his house.
.. and he went into the Pharisee’s house, and took his place at table.
.. a woman of the city, who was a sinner.. standing behind him (Jesus) at his feet, weeping.. kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Gospel of Luke 7:36-38 excerpt RSV
Then turning toward the woman he (Jesus) said to Simon, .. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Application of a Common Era Anointing
A prayer of the Apostles Peter and John in Jerusalem after the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts of the Apostles 4:23- RSV
“Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?
The kings of the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’–
for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place…”
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts of the Apostles 4:23-28,31 excerpt RSV
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