Ps Alan Lamb - "The Anointing Holiness and the Glory of God"

In Exodus chapter 30, we read where Moses was given a recipe for the holy anointing oil, to be used initially for anointing the tabernacle, the various instruments used in it and Aaron and his sons as priests. The anointing is more than a feeling and each ingredient has a spiritual significance that directs us to different aspects of the anointing. The anointing in the tabernacle evidences the consecration of those things that are chosen and set apart for the purpose of worship. In this way they become holy. The outworking of this, once Moses had completed the anointing, was that the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. We then see how this applied to the life of Jesus, as we follow the story of his baptism and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, prior to the launching of his ministry. The same principles that we read concerning the tabernacle are applied to the church and the individual believers who comprise it. The bible tells us that each individual and the church as a whole is a temple of the Holy Spirit, so the anointing, which evidences the consecration that makes us holy applies to each of us and also to the church corporately. The challenge for us is to walk in the anointing that we have received and to see the glory of God fill the house.