The Shofar Anointing

²² Then the Lord said to Moses, ²³ “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels^[d] of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels^[e] of fragrant calamus, ²⁴ 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin^[f] of olive oil. ²⁵ Make these into sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. ²⁶ Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, ²⁷ the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense, ²⁸ the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.

³⁰ “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. ³¹ Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. ³² Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. ³³ Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’”

The subject of the anointing is ever more and increasingly becoming very interesting as much as its operations complex to keep abreast with.

The anointing whose morphology is a mixture of the finest spices (Liquid myrrh, sweet smelling cinnamon, sweet smelling cane, cassia), and olive oil.

  

Olive oil is in fact no ordinary element as the case is stipulated in Exodus 30:22-33.The anointing oil is extra-ordinary in the very sense that it was used and it’s still used to this present day in the effort to separate ordinary men from extra-ordinary men, holy from unholy, and natural from supernatural.

Exodus 30:29, suggests in no uncertain terms, that whoever is anointed is dedicated unto God and can’t be harmed by anything under the sun for he is under the protective covering of the power of holiness which potentially causes harm to any intruding factor outside its course.

Furthermore, in dealing with the intricate operations of the anointing we will agree that it’s the very presence of God Almighty manifesting within the oracles of men. Either through alteration or intervention where change and prevention have long been overdue to the extent of hopeless-ness and helpless-ness, to the very point where the desires of one are completely meet and satisfied.

The entire procedure and process of manufacturing the anointing oil is based on the mostaria/ the mystery that it must leave behind a residue, a portion of evidence and a degree of affect as much as a level of impact in the very place where it has been or where it is.

This mystery is physically experienced in the finest spices/ perfumes that embody the anointing oil. These fine spices are not only precious and rare but they are also expensive. 

Conversely everyone who has a desire to have a relationship with the anointing must be willing to pay the cost/ the price.

 And the price surely does not have to be low and cheap but rather high and expensive.

However in an interesting turn of events those who believe and follow the lord Jesus Christ can be glad in understanding that even though the price/ the cost of the anointing is wholly high and expensive.

 Jesus paid the cost and the price on the cross upon the hill called Calvary. 

That is why he goes on to tell his disciples somewhere in the secret scriptures’ will send  you a helper, a counselor, and a comforter” surely in the helper after him, Jesus is talking about the holy ghost anointing whose cost as per the New testament is total trust and believe in the awesome name of Jesus.

  

The Holy Ghost anointing is a constant help when we can’t even help ourselves, our defense and strength- when we seemingly caught-up in the circumstances that are void of any physical defense mechanism and in situations of our deepest weakness.

The true uniqueness of the anointing is of such that it’s always leaves a residue behind so that anybody who comes after it will evidently sense it’s effect and presence even when its long gone.

1 Samuel 16:”The Lord said to Samuel, how long will you go on grieving over Saul?

 I have rejected him as king of Israel. But fill your horn (shofar) with oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.

Ever since time immemorial the storage of the anointing oil had always been in either the alabaster jar, or in containers like bottles but in the 16^th chapter of the 1^st book of Samuel, we come across on interesting scenario where the Lord God Almighty instructs the prophet Samuel to fill his ‘horn’ with the olive oil with the sole aim anointing one of Jesse’s sons as chosen king.

In this regards when we make a careful analysis of the horn that is being spoken hereof; we realize it is none other than the rum’s horn or rather the traditional Hebrew shofar.

The oil used anoint king Saul as king of Israel was poured from the jar-an open headed container of substance that can be massively accessed by many.

In contrast the Oil the prophet Samuel anointed David with in chapter 16-13 is one that is poured from the shofar-a closed container of substance which can only be accessed by a few. Its special as much as unique, it’s the anointing of mighty warriors for it equips its recipients to war with the motivation of assured victory.

It’s a weapon all in itself a weapon that seems weak on sight but effective by faith. It’s the force by which the stones of David brought down Goliath to utter shame. It’s the victory of a nation and the strength of God amidst a nation that is crest-fallen and demoralized.

The Shofar anointing it made David a threat in the sight of King Saul even though King Saul was in a prominent trapping than David. It favors man in places that they are disliked even though the haters cannot cut you off. 

It’s 4; 00AM ON THE 14^TH OF May 2013 and the Lord God revealed it to my heart.”It’s the shofar anointing that causes a man to win battles that no one has ever won. 

It’s the same anointing that causes a man to be helped and comforted even in the most helpless and uncomfortable of situations.

Keep on Believing

John 14:1. “Do not be worried and upset” Jesus told them. Believe in God and believe also in me.

With the ever changing seasons come, and so do the ever increasing lack of prediction in regards to the circumstances and situations that shape the realities of our day and time.

Depression, stress plus anxiety are ever more increasingly becoming a difficult ordeal.

 You can awake in the morning and choose to see situations and circumstance as they present themselves before you upon the theatre stage of your life or choose to see everything through the eyes of God Almighty in the Lord Jesus.

It’s frequently said, that the reality of one’s life is only but a result of the perception they have towards every bit of experience that they are interfaced with.

Thus on that wise, avoiding anxiety and stress may not be easy to navigate if they is a high sense of dependence on one’s understanding of the central situations that are pivotal in shaping one’s life on the daily basis.

In the 14^th chapter of the book of John the Apostle, Jesus is clearly seen endeavoring to deal with the anxiety and the worry that has inevitably cropped up severely in the hearts of his disciples.

They are worried and depressed because they realize that Jesus is about to be gone from their midst and as a result of this, they do not know what the future will hold once they are not with Jesus anymore.

They have walked away from literally everything they knew and now they live by a different set of rules which are furthermore estranged from their past experience of live.

 They are worried because they cannot comprehend how in the world they will be able o live the Christ-like lifestyle without the navigation of Jesus himself.

In the present new era, many of us have give almost everything we know how to give to the devotion of the Lord Jesus and yet still they is an anxiety looming around our lives because we do not yet see things going from glory to glory like the God promise stipulates, instead of things getting better they have only gotten all the more worse.

And worse things have gotten the more worried and upset we have become and we have even slowed down seeking, following and studying of God’s word.

We have slowed down because we are not sure yet as to what it shall amount to or whether they will be a fundamental change and a real-time difference.

But whether you still have some energy to believe or not there is a place that is being God –prepared for you a place where worry does not belong nor reside, this place is the manifestation of the fulfillment of the promise of God over your life. It shall come to pass…..that vision, that promise, and that genuine desire. So worry not just keep on believing he is a Truthful God whose word is to be believed and praised. Amen