Rev. F. H. Gaines Bible Course

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The sacred oil was used for his ordination as fora priest. He was the 'lord's anointed' in a peculiar sense, that in vested his person with a special sanctity. And from him the name of 'the Anointed One' was handed on till it re ceived in the latest days of the Jewish Church its very highest application - in Hebrew or Aramaic, the Messiah; in Greek, the Christ. - Stanley, History of the Jewish Church, Vol. II., p. 15. Anointing was a symbol of endowment with the Divine Spirit(comp. 1 Saml. In connec tion with v. 9 sq., the gift which is the condition of a wise, just and powerful government, - all ability to rule righteously being but an outflow of divine wisdom, Prov. 8: 15 sq. Anointing made the king's person both sacred and inviolable, 1 Saml. Compared with 2 Sam]. Oehler's Old Testament Theology, p. 369.