We are not just looking for the anointing of God with oil, but the presence of the Grace of God(what is imparted by God alone, a sense of His Holiness), that we may be Godly, happy, able, and full of graciousness[being nice].

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

We want the graciousness of God, the care of God due to His graciousness.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

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We want both Grace and Peace.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

We want the grace of God.

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

Much doctrinal teaching and principles come from these 2 verses:

Knowledge and assurance of salvation, redemption and union in hope(reliance in God).

All things are for the sake of the people of God, that the GRACE having spread through many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the Glory of God.

There is the “thanksgiving” part and the “Glory of God” part as the effect/cause of GRACE.

The Glory of God is also for the sake of the people. This is what they need and enjoy seeing. Being in the presence of God is the need of mankind. Abundant thanksgiving is caused by the Grace of God.

We want to have this abundant thanksgiving and Grace of God.

Satan tries to deprive this need from man, against the wish of God.

Satan tries to deprive thanksgiving to God, and glory to God. Satan tries to steal glory from God and man.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

Satan has hate and no love. The works of Satan do not last in anything good. He is unGodly, unrighteous; the opposite of Grace. In Satan, no good work can be done.

We want all sufficiency in all things to do every good work as God does. We want to be Godly (not just like God).

We want our righteousness and that of God to remain/abide for ever!

Love holds things and relationship together for ever.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

We do not just want the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We also want the communion of the Holy Spirit, and the love of God. These are communicated through the Holy Spirit.

This is a doxology, a Christian blessing.

With this acknowledgement we are marrying to Christ, the Groom.

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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Here we see that pouring anointing oil upon the head is not the first step in establishment. So, the preparation of God’s anointed worker does not involve pouring of oil right at the beginning.

Anointing the high priest does not start when he was an heir. It came after the mitre and holy crown upon the mitre was put on the head of the anointed. (See Ex. 30v30)

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. -KJV

Here we see that anointing may repeat many times to sanctify the anointed. A seven fold atonement and sanctification makes it most holy. Whatsoever touch the altar shall be holy; and be the Lord’s.

Isaiah having the coal of the altar touching his lips (Isa 6) had his lips sanctified for the Lord.

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Not just the altar is holy. Whatsoever touches the sanctified items shall be holy, consecrated.

Preparing high priest started when he is still an heir and there is a high priest. All ministers are anointed. Ministers who are not anointed may not serve as ministers.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Giving all sovereignty to God is to honour God and man. Anointing represents giving right to sovereignty.

Here, anointing is a health treatment, and to present oneself as honourable.

To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

So Christ is anointed to be Saviour at the same time of being anointed as King.

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.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

A king has the order from the words of the Lord and the right to smite and destroy the enemy/designated targets of the Lord, slaying them all. This is not murdering (as non-believers like to call) but judgement, execution of justice.

1Samuel full of example of anointing kings.

Samuel the Prophet will again perform the anointing. The anointed is anointed to God, who names him.

And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

D.Lim: The Lord ordered this ritual of ordination/commission.

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. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

D.Lim: The anointing oil was contained in the horn rather than in any bottle or vessel. There were witnesses. (the brothers of David in this case). The following effect is that the Spirit of the Lord came upon David and left king Saul.

So, the Spirit did not first come at the day of Pentecost after Christ.

Baptism of the Spirit, being filled with the Spirit, came as an assurance, a blessing, an emblem of belonging and commission.

Christians need the presence of the Holy Spirit for an emblem of belonging and commission to fulfil the Great Commission.

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

D.Lim: There is the second experience, and the presence of the Holy Spirit can leave a servant of God.

The Lord can also allow any evil spirit to trouble any servant of God.

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

D.Lim: Applying oil – anointing – as a beauty treatment.

The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

D.Lim: Solomon was also anointed with the water of Gihon under Jerusalem.

And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

D.Lim: Two servants of God, the priest and the prophet anointed him with oil. The trumpet is blown as announcment and celebration. Bless the anointed king with words of blessing.

Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

D.Lim: Follow the anointed king then, and set him on the throne.

And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

D.Lim: One prophet anointing one foreign king.

D.Lim: The same prophet anointing two types of kings, one for the gentiles and one for the Israelites. Here we have the anointing of a king of Israel by one prophet only, and the anointing of Elisha as a prophet by a prophet. In this verse it does not mention that Elijah was any priest as he was not to have Elisha in his room as anything apart from being a prophet.

D.Lim: Divine anointing here – the anointing of the Most Holy One or the Most Holy place.

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

D.Lim: Here anointing is a health and cosmetic treatment; an expression of joy and wealth. A part of the preparation for banquet. This anointing is opposite to grief. It is a celebration.

D.Lim: similar meaning to Amos 6 vv6,7 described above.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

D.Lim: Not having one’s head anointed with oil is a sign of grief and possibly repentence.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

D.Lim: Anointing with sweet spices rather than with oil, is the anointing for the dead.

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

D.Lim: Anointing sets an agent on authorised footing. Wholeness Divinely confirmed.

D.Lim: Anointing eye with eyesalve as medical/health treatment. Anointing sets a person whole.

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D.Lim: Anointed as respecting a covenant.

D.Lim: Anointing accompanied with articles.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

D.Lim: More than one layer of coats possible. Same way of anointing priests to establish their office.

Everlasting yet throughout their generations. So, this office ends with their generations.

Anointing can be applied to the sons of Aaron of any generation.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

D.Lim: The sin of one affects others. Sin and its effect spreads. The anointed priest can come to the Lord with sin offering. King Saul did not offer a sin offering when he offered an offering to God, and he was not a priest.

And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

D.Lim: The emphasis here again is “The anointed priest”.

And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

D.Lim: The emphasis here again is “The anointed priest”.

And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

D.Lim: Symbolism of capher/covering is a matter of sprinkling instead of complete immersion.

This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.

D.Lim: The anointed shall offer up to the Lord an offering of prayer and thanksgiving day and night. Smoke reaches up to the Lord.

And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

D.Lim: The priest refers to the High Priest. Therefore Zadok the priest who anointed Solomon was likely to be the High Priest of the time.

This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;

D.Lim: As a matter of the anointing, things are listed. An anointing and its effects can be described.

Anointing with presentation.

Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

D.Lim: The Lord commanded first, anointing came afterwards.

And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.

D.Lim: Sanctification comes with anointing with the Holy anointing oil.

And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.

D.Lim: Applying and sprinkling come together. A reflection of water baptism – getting into the water, applied(poured over [see Lev 8v12]) with water and sprinkling with water.

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

D.Lim: Pouring anointing oil upon the head of the anointed; not just rub some on him.

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

D.Lim: Offer sin offering while dressed to be in the office. An anointed person is not automatically free from sin. Christ is free from sin because He was free from sin. Christ was anointed by God even before He came to water baptism; His name is “The anointed one – The Christ”.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

D.Lim: All are sanctified by anointing. Dedicated.

And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

D.Lim: Offer offerings on anointed, dedicated sanctified altar. Offering presented in front of the sanctified altar.

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

D.Lim: A dedicated altar is a used altar that was sanctified. All the tribes of God came together.

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

D.Lim: Anointed with Holy Oil comes first, before dedication with offerings.

This verse/record shows that oil for anointing the face and head is a cosmetic and health treatment. It could glorify the physical body.