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Why Oil Is Poured on People and Places in the Bible
What is the purpose of anointing? Watch our theme video to understand this ritual throughout the Bible and how it relates to Jesus and his followers.
In this video, you’ll learn…
1. Where the first anointing took place in the Bible
2. What anointing oil symbolizes
3. Specific examples of anointing in the Bible
4. The meaning of “Christ”
5. How Jesus’ anointing spreads out into the world
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I Bibelen findes en ritual, hvor duftende planter og krydderier bruges til at fremstille en righoldig olie, der hældes på særlige objekter eller personer, kendt som salveolie. Betydningen af salveolie kan spores tilbage til Edens Have, hvor Gud skabte mennesket og fyldte det med sin Ånd. Denne første salvelse symboliserer livets vand og Guds Ånd, der sammen markerer en person eller et sted som en forbindelse mellem Himmel og Jord. Jacob havde en drøm under sin eksil i ørkenen, hvor han så en stige til Himmelen. Da han vågnede, salvede han stenen, han havde sovet på, og kaldte stedet "Guds Hus", et sted hvor Himmel og Jord mødes. Israelitterne salvede tabernaklet i ørkenen for at markere det som et sted, hvor Guds himmelske nærvær kom ned til jorden. Præster og konger i Israel blev også salvet med olie for at blive adskilt som ledere og formidlere af Guds visdom. Deres afvisning af Guds visdom førte imidlertid til vold og ødelæggelse. Denne fiasko skabte håb for den ultimative salvede, Jesus Kristus, som ikke blot blev salvet med olie, men også med vand og Ånd. Jesus er ikke kun en person, men også en titel, der betyder "den salvede", den nye menneskehed, den ultimative præst og den kosmiske konge. Efter sin opstandelse spredte han sin salvelse til sine efterfølgere, de kristne, som er "de salvede", der bærer Guds Ånd og arbejder for at bringe mere af Himmels liv til Jorden.
Læs transskription
There’s a ritual in the Bible involving fragrant plants and spices that make a rich oil to pour on special objects or people. This is called anointing oil and its meaning is rooted in the story of the garden of Eden, where God provided water for the dry land and formed the human, filling him with his Spirit. This is the first anointing. The oil is a liquid symbol. It’s the water of life and God’s Spirit combined together used to mark a person or a place as a bridge between Heaven and Earth. During his wilderness exile, Jacob had a dream. He sees a stairway leading up to Heaven. When he wakes, he anoints the stone on which he slept and called the place, “House of God,” A place where Heaven and Earth are one. The Israelites built the tabernacle in the wilderness. When it was completed, they anointed the tent with oil, marking it as a place where God’s heavenly presence has come down to Earth. Israel’s priests and their kings were anointed with oil to set them apart as leaders, to mediate God’s heavenly wisdom to the world. But they rejected God’s wisdom. They led with violence, leading to ruin and exile. Their failure created hope for the ultimate anointed one. One anointed, not merely with oil, but with water and Spirit—not merely a bridge to Heaven, but Heaven itself come to Earth. This is Jesus Christ. More than a name, Christ is a title. It means “anointed one,” the new human, the ultimate priest, the cosmic king— God’s heavenly life coming into our world in a new way, a surprising way. And after Jesus rose from the dead, he spread his anointing out into the world through his followers, Christians, from the word “christ,” anointed ones who follow the anointed one, people marked by God’s Spirit so that more and more of Earth can be filled with the life of Heaven.
