— Old testament anointings
There is actually a recipe for holy anointing oil to be used for the utensils in the tabernacle, the ark of the covenant and the priests
Ex. 30:23-25::
five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (250 shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane, five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
Ex. 40:10::
You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
Lev. 8:10-11:: Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
In the old testament we see kings, priests, and prophets get anointed with holy anointing oil. The altar and some of the utensils used in the tabernacle also got anointed. Additionally, sometimes honored dinner guests got anointed by their hosts. Even Lucifer was originally anointed.
Kings also got anointed:
dedication of kings
1 Samuel 9:16 – Saul
1 Samuel 16:12-13 – David
1 Kings 1:38–40 – Solomon
2 Sam. 19:10:: but Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle.
Anointing was so important that King David dare not hurt King Saul even though Saul wanted him dead.
1 Sa. 26:19:: David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
The bible warns to avoid hurting anointed ones which were both kings and prophets.
1 Chronicles 16:22; Psalm 105:15:: touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm
Prophets even got anointed:
1 Ki. 19:16:: you (Elijah) shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
Lucifer was known also as the anointed cherub before his fall from grace.
Ez. 28:14::
You were the anointed cherub who covers;I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
mimšaḥ (mim-shakh’) means anointed or expansion
The reference to expansion is probably an allusiong to the wings of the cheribium that overshadows the ark of the covenant.
We could talk more about old testament anointings but I want to get to new testament implications…
— The anointing of Yeshua
In the gospels Yeshua tells stories of a woman anointing his head or feet right before the passover of his crucifixion (Matt. 26:12, Mark 14:8, John 12:7).
Earlier in the gospel of Luke a dinner host did not see fit to honor Yeshua through anointing. A ‘sinful’ woman anointed his feet with expensive perfume and wiped it with her hair. He taught there on forgiveness.
We see in the book of Acts it is Yeshua who is called the anointed one
Acts 10:38:: God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Messiah literally means “anointed one,” is derived from the Hebrew word for “anointed.” Christ (Gr. Christos) means “the anointed one.”
Yeshua as both prophet, priest, and king was anointed by God for works of good service and to heal those oppressed by the devil. This might be one reason why some healings are harder than others, since all sickness and disease is not spiritual oppression.
Luke 4:18 (Is. 61:1):: The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor…
Yeshua was also anointed to preach the gospel to the poor.
The rest of the verse quoted says..
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;
iaomai (ee-ah’-om-ahee) is to cure, heal, or make whole those with broken hearts. Therapy is a good modern word to use here and can also be taken as one who works to provide good mental health.
aphesis (af’-es-is) is deliverance which provides freedom from those depressed or oppressed.
There is probably much more that could be taught on those subjects by those more expert in these matters.
— Anointed ones and our anointing
1 John 2:20:: you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
1 John 2:27:: the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
chrisma (khris’-mah) is the greek word for anointing which is this idea of smearing on something like oil for consecration and service. The idea expressed in 1 John is that the anointing teaches us. What things can he teach us? I have had many great teachers in my life. Some teach math and science, others teach the bible and bilical concepts. I consider myself a teacher. Yeshua was a very fine teacher. He taught accurately about how to interpret the law. When others were concerned about tithing mint and rue from their gardens, he used that as an opportunity to teach about the weightier things of the law: justice and mercy and faith. He summarized the greatest of the law: love of God and love of fellow man. Apostle Paul was also a great teacher, he taught on love above spiritual gifts.
The last name of Yeshua is not Christ or even Messiah. That is a title and it means the anointed one. It is derived from the greek word chriō (khree’-o) which is the verb meaning to anoint.
2 Cor. 1:21-22:: Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Technically, the title Christians means ones who are anointed as the Passion Translation calls those who were first called Christian at Antioch.
Anointing is somewhat trite without revelation and both are dangerous without purpose. If there is nothing revealed to us other than what many call the anointing we don’t learn anything to pass on to others. And if we have no purposed in aither anointing or revelation we don’t help anyone other than ourselves. We should be about our Father’s business. Teaching is great but developing fruit in ourselves and others is what we need to be about. Even healing and casting out of demons is beneficial to the recipient.
Sources:
https://www.gotquestions.org/anointed.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-anointed.html
https://youtu.be/nmIczsFFwQ4