Anointing

Anointing has been a common practice since prehistoric times in many cultures, particularly in the Middle East, Egypt and Rome with different philosophical religious views and interpretations attached to it. The ritual, often performed using scented oils, served 3 main purposes: health, honour and consecration. Depending on the specific oils [...]

Though the practice was common in ancient times, the first scriptural mention of the anointing of a King is in 1 Sam 10:1 where Saul is anointed by Samuel, as God’s representative, to be the King. The next anointing we see is the one of David as a teenager to [...]

In the Old Testament the anointing for priests is described in Exodus 28 :41, “Then you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, so that they may serve Me as priests”. The Aaronic [...]

In the Old Testament, the ‘anointing’ is usually the action of the pouring out of oil upon the recipient, whether a priest or king, but this process is nowhere mentioned for a prophet. The only mention of an anointing for a prophet is as an instruction to the prophet Elijah [...]

We often explain the order of Melchizedek as a priestly, prophetic and kingly role as described in Gen 14:17-24, where Abraham returned after rescuing his nephew Lot.