The Crown of The Anointing

Are You The Christ?

The art of communication is being understood, and words are a form of communication. However, there needs to be a common understanding of the meaning of the words used. In linguistics, when two words from different languages sound the same but have a different meaning, these words are called false friends. The religion of Christian tradition taught in modern churches is full of false friends but because the theologically trained teachers of religion believe that their tradition is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, no-one is any the wiser. Take for instance the word Christ.  The word Christ is an untranslated Greek word that in most translations of the Bible is simply used as an identifier, something like a surname. It was originally one of the most important words in the Bible with a wealth of meaning. However, because of the religion of Church tradition, the original and practical meaning of the word Christ (or better, “Anointed One”) has been lost. The word Christ truly is a false friend.

The Anointing of Life-Changing Power

The word Christ in Greek means exactly the same as the word “Mashiyach” (Messiah, Anointed One) in Hebrew. The word “mashach” in Hebrew, and “chrio” in Greek means to smear or rub with oil. Within the ancient Hebrew culture of the Bible, the word “blessing” meant a gift brought upon bended knee. It had the same meaning as the word “grace” (in Greek “charis”). It meant benefit, favour, gift, joy, pleasure and the divine influence of God upon the heart to turn people from their wicked ways and bring the true heartfelt righteousness of living a life of both faith and love. It has as similar meaning as the word “anointed” (in Greek “chrio”), Yehovah’s anointed or “Christ” with similar names as “Blessed One” or “Chosen One” was gifted by Yehovah God with the fragrance of the anointing oil which represented the life’s breath or Holy Spirit of God that gifted the anointed one to accomplish his or her purposes in God. In Psalm 105, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were all described as the prophets and the “Anointed” (“Mashiyach” in Hebrew, “Christos” in Greek) of Yehovah. Within ancient Israel, Prophets, Priests and Kings were chosen by God to be anointed with the victor’s crown of fragrant anointing oil in the name of Yehovah to give them overcoming power to accomplish His purposes not their own. Prophets were anointed to speak the living word of God, priests were anointed to mediate and bring the blessing of God’s forgiveness and mercy, and kings were anointed to bring the salvation of God’s overcoming victory. Those who were anointed did not have the power within themselves to accomplish God’s purpose. Unlike spoken words that die in the ears of the listener, the fragrance of the anointing oil represented the crown of the authority of the blessing or grace of the continual presence and overcoming power of the sovereign word of the personality or almighty breath or Holy Spirit of Yehovah spoken over the anointed one that continually entered in to their personality to enable them to achieve their chosen purpose and destiny in God, not their own.

Crowns

In English, the word crown is from the Latin “corona” meaning to encircle like a garland or wreath. In Hebrew, the words for crown meant literally a surrounded or encircled head and the mark of a cupped palm or hand upon the head. It also symbolized something that was set apart as being different for a specific purpose or a sign of dedication. The wearing of a crown represented something that people could see and set the wearer apart or different or holy from or above the people. Crowns were generally worn by those who had the authority and power to wear them and they wore them in the presence of the people in order to display visibly the invested authority and power that was yielded by the wearer of the crown. It was commonly made of gold as a representation of condensed or divine sunlight or fire or the corona or halo of the sun symbolizing that the king was a representative of the gods or God. It was also worn as a symbol or wreath of victory. The crown was also associated with anointing, the people put a crown upon the head of the king but the priests anointed the king with fragrant oil as the reigning one over God’s inheritance. For someone who was unauthorized to put on the crown would have been considered to be an act of presumption at best and treason at worst punishable by beatings or even death. The crown of the king had to be treated with respect as it represented not only the person or name of the king but also his reign, rule and kingdom. In Isaiah 28 God speaks woe to the crowns of presumption and pride worn by the drunkards of Ephraim: Isaiah 28:1 “Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory“.

The Victor’s Crown

God wants to free you from the false-friend shackles of religious tradition and give you the victor’s crown of anointing that reunites within your own life God’s Word with his Holy Spirit to empower you to overcome in life and to ultimately obtain the fulfilment of God’s amazing purpose for you. Click here if you would like to find out how you yourself can become a son of God together with Jesus and through the presence of God’s indwelling fatherhood within your redeemed heart become the reflection and visible image of the invisible God just as He is. Through that and together with Jesus will you be qualified to eternally inherit all things.