anointed one Summary and Overview

1. In the Old Testament a Deliverer is promised under the title of Messiah, or Anointed, Ps 2:2; Da 9:25,26 and the nature of his anointing is described to be spiritual, with the Holy Ghost. Isa 61:1 see Luke 4:18 In the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth is shown to be the Messiah, or Christ or Anointed, of the Old Testament, Joh 1:41; Ac 9:22; 17:2,3; 18:4,28 and the historical fact of his being anointed with the Holy Ghost is asserted and recorded. Joh 1:32,33; Ac 4:27; 10:38 Christ was anointed as prophet priest and king. 2. Spiritual anointing with the Holy Ghost is conferred also upon Christians by God. 2Co 1:21 " Anointing "expresses the sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit upon Christians who are priests and kings unto God.

ANOINT'ED ONE Christ is from the Greek word Christos, which signifies "anointed," corresponding to the word Messiah in the Hebrew. He is called the Anointed in allusion to the custom of anointing with oil such as were set apart to a sacred or regal office, because by the Spirit he was anointed to the threefold office of prophet, priest, and king.

The Anointed One. The New Testament marks Him as the Messiah of the Old Testament (Acts 9:22; Acts 17:2-3; Acts 18:5; Acts 18:28.) What He is His people are, Messiahs or "anointed ones" by union with Him (Zechariah 4:14), having the unction of the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:20). Though priests in general were at first anointed, afterward anointing was restricted to the high priest, called "the priest that is anointed:" the perfume used was of stacte, onycha, and galbanum, with pure frankincense, and it was death to imitate it. Antitypically, to Christ, the true high priest alone, belongs the fullness of the Spirit, which it is blasphemy to arrogate. "The Lord's anointed" was the ordinary phrase for the theocratic king (1 Samuel 12:3; Lamentations 4:20). "Anointing the shield" was to make the hide of which it was made supple and less liable to crack (Isaiah 21:5). "Anointing the eyes with eyesalve" expresses imparting of spiritual perceptions (Revelation 3:18). "The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing" (Isaiah 10:27), i.e., the Assyrian oppression shall be taken away from Judah, because of the consecration that is upon the elect nation, its prophets, priests, kings, and holy place (Psalm 105:15); the Antitype to all which is Messiah, "the Anointed" (Daniel 9:24). It is for Messiah's sake that all their deliverances are vouchsafed to His people.