The holy anointing oil and olive oil are used by many Christians because they believe anointing oil has power. L-Insara jużaw iż-żejt għal diversi skopijiet, Pereżempju, to consecrate someone into an office (ministeru), iqaddes djar, bini, u oġġetti, to heal the sick, keċċi d-demonji, or for spiritual warfare. But is using anointing oil Biblical and is it part of the New Covenant or is this a custom that was practiced in the Old Covenant, which Christians adopted and applied to the New Covenant? What is the power and purpose of anointing oil in the Bible and how do you use it according to the Bible? Let’s look at what the Bible says about anointing oil and look at the lives of Jesus and the apostles and see if they used anointing oil.
The use and purpose of the holy anointing oil in the Old Covenant
Fl-Eżodu 30, naqraw dwar il-kompożizzjoni u l-iskop taż-żejt tad-dilku qaddis. Mosè kien ikkmanda minn Alla biex jipprepara ż-żejt tad-dilku qaddis u jidlek it-tabernaklu tal-kongregazzjoni, u l-arka tax-xhieda, u l-mejda u l-bastimenti kollha tiegħu, u l-gandlier u l-bastimenti tiegħu, u l-artal tal-inċens, u l-artal tas-sagrifiċċju tal-ħruq bl-oġġetti kollha tiegħu, u l-laver u saqajh.
Mosè kellu jqaddishom biex ikunu l-aktar qaddisin. Whatsoever touched them would be holy (madankollu persuna mhux awtorizzata ma tħallietx tmisshom. (Aqra wkoll: Ir-raġuni għaliex Uzza miet).
Mosè kellu wkoll idlek lil Aron u lil uliedu u ikkonsagrahom, sabiex ikunu jistgħu jaqdu lill-Mulej fl-uffiċċju tal-qassis. The holy anointing oil was used throughout generations.
Madankollu, God specifically commanded that this holy anointing oil could not be used to pour upon man’s flesh.
Lanqas ma kien permess li jagħmel xi ħadd ieħor bħalu, wara l-kompożizzjoni tiegħu, because it was holy. Għalhekk. it would be holy unto them.
Jekk xi ħadd ikun kompost xi bħalu, or put the anointing oil upon a stranger (persuna mhux awtorizzata), kien jinqata’ mill-poplu tiegħu (Eżodu 30:22-33).
Dan jgħidilna, li ż-żejt tad-dilku qaddis kien permess biss li jintuża għas-servizz sagru tal-Mulej u biex jidlek (tikkonsagra) il (għolja)qassis(s), tabernaklu, u l-materjali u l-oġġetti, li kienu jintużaw għas-servizz tal-Mulej.
Iż-żejt tad-dilku qaddis ma kienx permess li jintuża biex jidlek il-ġisem ta’ persuna (barrani) u kien ipprojbit li jiġi dduplikat iż-żejt tad-dilka.
Why did people make a trade of the holy anointing oil?
Jekk dawn huma kliem Alla, then why have people made a trade of the holy anointing oil and sell them to make a profit?
There a people that make a holy anointing oil after the composition that is written in the Bible and pretend that this oil has supernatural (fejqan) setgħat.
Ħafna nsara jaqgħu fin-nasba ta’ din il-gidba. Huma jemmnu dan il-kliem tal-bniedem u jixtru żejt tad-dilka, believing that the oil has power
They believe and buy this holy anointing oil, only because they are ignorant of the truth. Many Christians don’t read and study the Bible themselves but blindly believe everything that is preached by people.
And so they buy the oil and anoint everything and everyone, min jiġi fi triqthom. Because they believe that the oil has supernatural (fejqan) setgħat. They believe that by using this miraculous oil they unleash special powers that will heal the sick, deliver people from demonic oppression, u naddaf id-djar, bini, u oġġetti minn poteri demoniċi.
All because of duttrini foloz, jemmnu li meta jidlek xi ħaġa jew lil xi ħadd biż-żejt, ix-xjaten jaħarbu.
Ġesu uża ż-żejt tad-dilka?
Meta nħarsu lejn Ġesù Kristu, Min kien il- L-ewwel imwieled tal-ħolqien il-ġdid, u ħajtu fuq l-art, we don’t read anything about Jesus walking around with a vial or bottle of anointing oil.
Ġesu uża ż-żejt tad-dilka biex jidlek lin-nies, oġġetti, djar, u bini? Nru. Ġesù ġie f’Isem Missieru: fl-awtorità ta’ Missieru u qal kliemu. Every word that proceeded out of Jesus’ ħalq ġara.
Did Jesus anoint His disciples with oil before Jesus sent them forth two by two? Nru, Ġesù ta lid-dixxipli Tiegħu awtorità u setgħa fuq spirti mhux nodfa u biex ifejqu lill-morda (id-dgħajjef).
Ġesù bagħathom jippritkaw u jġibu s-Saltna ta’ Alla lill-poplu ta’ Alla u jsejħilhom għall-indiema. Aħna ma naqrawx, that Jesus commanded His disciples to take a vial or bottle of oil with them to anoint houses or people (Mattew 10:1-15, Mark 6:7-13, Luqa 9:1-6).
Madankollu, għalkemm Ġesù ma qal xejn dwar iż-żejt tad-dilku jew id-dilku biż-żejt lill-morda, naqraw fl-Evanġelju ta’ Mark li d-dixxipli dilku lil ħafna li kienu morda (dgħajfa) biż-żejt, u fejjaqhom.
Ir-raġuni għala milli jidher dilku lill-morda biż-żejt, kien minħabba l-fatt li d-dilka biż-żejt kienet drawwa regolari f’ħafna kulturi. F’pajjiżi bħall-Eġittu, Iċ-Ċina, l-Indja, il-Greċja, u l-Italja kienet drawwa regolari li tidlek jew tħaxxef lil xi ħadd, li kien marid, biż-żejt.
Bħala kwistjoni ta 'fatt, naqraw dwar din id-drawwa fil-parabbola tas-Samaritan. Meta s-Samaritan mar għand ir-raġel ferut, rabat il-ġrieħi tiegħu, tferra’ fiż-żejt u l-inbid (Luqa 10:30-35). Iż-żejt taż-żebbuġa kien użat bħala drawwa medika.
Xorta, Ġesù ma dilk l-ebda dar, bini, oġġetti, jew nies biż-żejt. Ġesù ma dilqux biż-żejt lill-morda, u lanqas Ġesù ma kmanda lid-dixxipli tiegħu biex jagħmlu dan.
Il-kummissjoni kbira u ż-żejt tal-unzjoni
Before Jesus ascended to heaven and took His place on the throne at the right hand of the Father, Ġesù ta l-inkarigu l-kbira lid-dixxipli Tiegħu. This commission wasn’t only meant for the disciples that were present, but for all the disciples of Jesus that would come after them and imxi wara Ġesù. Jesus commanded all believers to go.
Meta Ġesù tkellem lid-dixxipli Tiegħu, Ġesù ma semmax iż-żejt tad-dilka jew id-dilka lil xi ħadd jew xi ħaġa biż-żejt.
Ġesù ma ordnax lid-dixxipli tiegħu biex jidilku persuna biż-żejt biex ipoġġu f’uffiċċju (ministeru) u li tqaddes jew tikkonsagra l-persuna. Lanqas Ġesù ma kkmanda biex jidlek djar jew bini jew jidlek persuna, min kien marid jew dgħajjef, biż-żejt.
Ġesù ordna lid-dixxipli Tiegħu biex ipoġġu idejhom fuq il-morda sabiex dawn jirkupraw (Mark 16:18)
L-appostli u ż-żejt tal-unting fil-Patt il-Ġdid
Although Peter was one of the twelve disciples that was sent by Jesus on a mission and apparently anointed the sick (il-dgħajjef, dgħajfa) biż-żejt, when Peter became a new creation full of the Holy Spirit, we don’t read anywhere that Peter anointed people that were sick or weak with oil.
The first healing that took place after Jesus ascended to heaven and after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, kien il-fejqan tal-bniedem zopp, li mqiegħda fil-bieb tat-tempju.
When Peter and John went to the temple, and a lame man asked them for alms, Pietru ma qabadx il-flixkun taż-żejt biex idilku.
Nru, ir-raġel kien imfejjaq minn Pietru Fidi fl-Isem ta ’Ġesù.
Pietru emmen fix-xogħol perfett tal-fidwa u l-awtorità ta’ Ġesù Kristu (Atti 3:16).
Meta Pietru kien Lydda, ma użax iż-żejt biex jidlek lill-morda, imma Hu fejjaq lil Eneas, li kien marid bil-paraliżi, bil-fidi fl-Isem ta’ Ġesù (Atti 9:34).
Pietru għamel l-istess ħaġa f’Ġoppa, fejn Tabitha tqajmet mill-imwiet bil-fidi fl-Isem ta’ Ġesù (Att 9:40-41).
Did Paul and the other apostles use oil to anoint the sick, djar, bini, jew oġġetti?
Paul and the other apostles didn’t use oil either to anoint people that were sick or weak, djar, bini, jew oġġetti.
Meta Pawlu kiteb dawk l-ittri kollha lill-knejjes, ma naqraw xejn dwar li nikkmandaw lill-qaddisin biex jidilku lill-anzjani, djakni, the sick or weak, djar, bini jew oġġetti biż-żejt.
Lanqas fl-ittri, which Paul wrote to the carnal church in Corinth.
The new creation is spiritual and received the Holy Spirit
Dak għax, permezz Riġenerazzjoni, kienu saru ħolqien ġdid, li l-ispirtu tiegħu ġie mqajjem mill-mewt. Għalhekk, il-knisja (l-assemblea ta 'twemmin imwielda mill-ġdid (kreazzjonijiet ġodda)) kienet saret spiritwali.
They didn’t need any natural resources or perform all kinds of visible religious rituals to make the spiritual visible to the carnal man as in the Old Covenant.
Huma kienu konnessi fl-ispirtu mill-Ispirtu s-Santu ma 'Ġesù Kristu u l-Missier. That’s why they walked just like Jesus (l-Ewwel imwieled tal-ħolqien il-ġdid) fl-awtorità tiegħu.
The only thing they had to remember and keep was the tqarbina, whereby they remembered their Lord Jesus and were partakers of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What about anointing the sick with oil in James 5:14-15?
F'Ġakbu 5:14-15, we read about the practice of anointing a sick person with oil. It’s the only time in the apostolic letters that we read about the use of oil and anointing a person with oil.
Is any sick (dgħajfa) among you? Ħa jsejjaħ għall-anzjani tal-knisja; u ħallihom jitolbu għalih, jidlek biż-żejt f’isem il-Mulej: u t-talb tal-fidi jsalva lill-morda, u l-Mulej iqajmu (James 5:14-15).
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James wrote this letter to the twelve tribes of Israel that were scattered abroad.
James commanded them to call upon the elders when someone among them was sick (dgħajfa) and to pray over that person and anoint him with oil in the Name of the Lord.
Madankollu, although this practice of anointing the sick with oil was done by the elders, the anointing oil didn’t have supernatural power.
The anointing oil and the practice of anointing the sick with oil had nothing to do with healing. Għax fil-vers li jmiss, huwa miktub, li t-talb tal-fidi jsalva u jfejjaq lill-persuna.
Fi kliem ieħor, by faith in the Name of Jesus and by believing in His perfect work of salvation (that He was scourged at the whipping post and took all infirmities and diseases upon Him and carried all the sins and iniquity of the world on the cross, u miet u daħal Hades, where He conquered death and rose from the dead as Overcomer, Min għandu kull awtorità fis-smewwiet u fuq l-art), il-persuna ġiet salvata u fieqet. (lill-. Isaija 53:4-5, 1 Pietru 2:24, Rivelazzjoni 1:18).
Do Christians have more faith in oil than in the Name of Jesus?
Il-Bibbja tgħid, biex insiru bħal Sidna u Sidna Ġesù Kristu (Mattew 10:25, Efesin 4:15). Jekk Ġesù ma użax iż-żejt tad-dilka, għandna nistaqsu lilna nfusna bil- ħerqa jekk għandniex nużaw iż- żejt tal- anointing.
Hija ħaġa diqa, li ħafna Insara għandhom aktar fidi fiż-żejt u jqisuh bħala rimedju milli fl-Isem ta’ Ġesù.
If Christians would wake up and become aware of Who lives inside of them, and what position and power (awtorità) they have received in Jesus Christ, imbagħad ma jerġgħu jmissu l-ebda żejt.
Il-fidi m’għandhiex tkun fiż-żejt imma f’Ġesù Kristu u f’Ismu. Biss bil-fidi fl-Isem ta’ Ġesù u l-għemejjel li joħorġu minn dik il-fidi, se jċaqlaq muntanji.
If Christians believe that the oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit dwells inside of them, allura għaliex għandhom bżonn iż-żejt?
‘Kun il-melħ tal-art’
