THE OIL

 

Exodus 37:29 And he made the Holy ANOINTING OIL, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

07543 raqach {raw-kakh'}a primitive root; TWOT - 2215; v
AV - apothecary 4, compound 1, make 1, prepare 1, spice 1; 8
1) to mix, compound
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to mix, compound
1a2) compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (subst)
1b) (Pual) mixed (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to mix

WHAT IS THE OIL??

Just ordinary oil.

(1) Strong’s #8081 shemen (sheh’-men): (OIL) from 8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness: KJV-anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil ([-e]), ointment, olive, + pine. (DIC)

Gen 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

A CONTACT POINT BETWEEN MAN AND GOD

Lev 24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto these pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. (KJV)

WHAT IS IT’S PURPOSE?

TO CONSECRATE OR ANOINT WITH:

(1) Strong’s #4888 mishchah (meesh-khaw’); (ANOINTING) or moshchah (mosh-khaw’); from 4886; unction (the act); by implication, a consecratory gift: KJV-(to be) anointed (-ing), ointment. (DIC)

ONCE IT’S CONSECRATED THEN IT BECOMES HOLY UNTO THE LORD

Strong’s #6944 qodesh (ko’-desh); (HOLY) from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity: KJV-consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) Holy (X day, portion, thing) saint, sanctuary. (DIC)

ONCE IT BECOMES HOLY THEN IT IS PURE

Strong’s #2889 tahowr (taw-hore’); (PURE) or taor (taw-hore’); from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense): KJV-clean, fair, pure (-ness). (DIC)

WHEN IT BECOMES SWEET AND WITH SWEET AROMA

Strong’s #7004 qetoreth (ket-o’-reth); (INCENSE) from 6999; a fumigation: KJV--(sweet) incense, perfume. (DIC)

Strong’s 5561 cam (sam); (SWEET) from an unused root meaning to smell sweet; an aroma: KJV--sweet (spice). (DIC)

NOW IT IS READY FOR THE WORK OF THE LORD

Strong’s #4639 ma` aseh (mah-as-eh’) (WORK) from 6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property: KJV--act, art, +bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ([handy-,needle, net-]) work (-ing, -manship), wrought. (DIC)

WHAT WORK DO WE PERFORM WITH THE OIL?

Mark 6:13 And they cast out many devils, and ANOINTED with OIL many that were sick, and healed them. (KJV)

James 5:14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, ANOINTING him with OIL in the name of the Lord: (KJV)

Strong’s #5548 chrio (khree’o); probably akin to 5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with OIL, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service: KJV-ANOINT. (DIC)

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath ANOINTED me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set a liberty them that are bruised, (KJV)

WE ARE TO SEPARATE OURSELVES TOO AND BE PURE BEFORE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE HEALED.

LET THE NEGATIVE HURTS AND PAINS OF THIS WORLD BRING OUT THE PURE AND ANOINTED SAINTS OF GOD TO DO THE WORKS OF THE LORD.

2 Cor 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ and hath ANOINTED us, is GOD; (KJV)

TO RECEIVE FROM THE LORD!!!

Strong’s #5545 chrisma (khris’-mah); from 5548; an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment (“chrism”) of the Holy Spirit: KJV--ANOINTING, unction. (DIC)

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

1 John 2:27 But the ANOINTING which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same ANOINTING teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (KJV)