Anointed by the Holy One “But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all know” (1 John 2:20, RSV). Do you have God’s Holy Spirit? If you do, you’ve been anointed by the Holy One! And if you’ve remained loyal in this last hour, you must know what you are a part of. The Anchor Bible explains the Old Testament counterpart to this anointing: “the description by Josephus of the mixing of oils and perfumes into a ‘sweet-smelling chrisma’ for the anointing of priests.” Spiritually, God uses His Holy Spirit to create a “sweet-smelling chrisma” in His converted people. They are very different from the people of this world. The International Critical Commentary states, “Anointing was the characteristic ceremony of consecrating to an office, and of furnishing the candidate with the power necessary for its administration. It is used of priests .… Those who were so consecrated were regarded as thereby endued with the Holy Spirit, and with divine gifts.” If you are one of God’s people, that is talking about you! God’s Philadelphians have been anointed to do God’s work. This world is falling apart, and God needs a righteous government to take its place soon. That is why God anointed His Philadelphians—the firstfruits truly are going to rule this world! The tragedy is that the Laodiceans were anointed too. But are they preparing to be kings and priests right now? They have rebelled against that anointing and are no longer Philadelphians. In the King James, 1 John 2:20 reads, “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” How do we know ALL THINGS? Because God reveals these things to us as we need to know them! We can hardly keep up with the revelation we receive! When we receive revelation, that comes from the HOLY ONE! He lets His kings and priests KNOW because they fight for Him! He is the Head of the army. Though the whole world is in the dark (Revelation 12:9), there is a very elect who know all things. The Holy One lets us know that we must fight for His revelation given to Mr. Armstrong. THE ANTICHRIST AND ANTICHRISTS FIGHT AGAINST THE HOLY ONE. What could be more deadly? We must know who the antichrists are! We must know who God’s very elect are! What is it worth to have the Holy One anoint you and then reveal all things to you?
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 01:08:19 +0000