Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
3 Levels of the Anointing in the Life of the Believer
1. Salvation
At the point of initial salvation, all believers
are filled with the Holy Spirit when we invite Jesus to come into our heart.
God anoints all believers to hear from God for themselves, to discern between
truth and error and to successfully live the Christian life.
The next step after initial salvation is the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is to be “endued with power” from on High
(Luke 24:49).
Salvation = filled with the Spirit
Baptism of the Holy Spirit = endued with the Spirit
Both salvation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
involve being filled with God’s Spirit, although the Baptism is a deeper
infilling or level of the Spirit. A believer who does not believe in the
baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues is still saved, loves God
and has His presence living on the inside of them. But they could have so much
more of God by receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The Baptism is an enduement of power and is the
door or entrance to operating in the Gifts of the Spirit. The Baptism of the
Spirit enables the believer to walk in greater victory in their Christian life,
to live a life where healings, miracles and the supernatural is a common part
of life, and to enter into deeper levels in God in worship, the Word and
communion with the Holy Spirit.
2.
Ministry
The second level of anointing is when God anoints
the believer for the particular ministry that God has called him or her to do.
Everyone in the Body of Christ is called to be in ministry. There is to be no
competition or jealousies, or comparisons among believers, as each of us is
given an assignment from the Master (Jesus) to fulfill. Not all are called to
clergy ministry, but all are called to fulfill a specific ministry assignment
that God has given each of us to do.
The believer does not have to go in their own
strength to minister, but goes in the Name of the Lord and is endued with the
power and anointing of the Holy Spirit to carry out their particular ministry
assignment. God’s anointing for ministry equips them with the skill, ability,
wisdom and favor to function in their area of ministry. God’s anointing for
ministry will bring about fruitfulness.
Often times a person called to a ministry involving
speaking before an audience literally feels an anointing descend upon them as
they begin to minister, and they may even be a changed person full of boldness
and authority while under the influence of that anointing if normally they are
shy and quiet. Then after 2 or 3 hours after ministering, the anointing may
lift.
The same example could hold true of those anointed
to prophesy. Normally they may be reserved and quiet, but when the anointing
comes on them for ministry, they are a completely different person until the
anointing lifts after they are finished ministering.
People called to the healing ministry, while under
the influence of the anointing for ministry, may feel literal heat, electricity
and power coming out of their hands, or may operate in words of knowledge, and
be unusually bold.
3.
Authority
Being anointed with authority in the Spirit is the
3rd level that is higher and deeper than ministry alone. When
flowing in this anointing, your words have the power to plant or uproot. Your
words carry weight, and none of your words fall to the ground. Your words have
the power to decree and command (as led by the Spirit and coming into agreement
with and repeating what the Spirit is saying, and speaking under the influence
of the Holy Spirit. (It’s not from the flesh commanding or decreeing things. If
it’s just the flesh, it will produce no fruit.) When you decree and command,
then God backs up what you say.
The anointing for authority also involves the area
of declaring deliverance to the captives, and the captives are delivered and
chains are broken.
The anointing for authority involves creative
miracles – decreeing and speaking things that are not as though they were,
commanding them to be, and it happens just as you say.
The anointing for authority involves an anointing
for breakthrough.
Authority is the kingly anointing – to rule and
reign with Christ and know who you are in Christ. To make decrees in the
heavenly realms, and it comes to pass. To have authority over demons and satan,
and all powers of wickedness. To cast out devils. To raise the dead.
Authority also involves taking charge of
distractions and people who would mock or cause interruptions in services,
which weaken the flow of the Spirit and thus grieves the Holy Spirit. You must
take charge of distractions from people who try to prevent others from hearing
the Word, from distractions that hinder people from hearing the Gospel of
Salvation and receiving Christ as Savior, from distractions that make it
difficult for people to receive their healing and miracle, and distractions
that discourage others in regards to receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
or distract the flow of the operation of the Gifts of the Spirit.
Taking authority in this type of situation would
involve stopping ministering for a minute and openly telling the troublemakers
[those are my words not what Benny said] to either be quiet or leave, and if
need be, having the ushers escort them out. It also involves making it clear
that there are to be no cell phones ringing and people talking, no constant
talking to your neighbor, whispering, goofing off, constantly going in and out
of the sanctuary during the worship and the preaching of the Word unless it’s a
dire medical emergency.
The anointing for authority involves situations in
which Satanic plants are sent to churches and meetings to try to cause
distractions and the demise of the pastors and leadership.
Sometimes people who cause distractions are not a
Satanic plant, it’s just that they can be rude, inconsiderate, immature,
disrespectful and have not been taught to keep quiet and not talk to their
neighbor, or on the cell phone, during the worship and preaching. I’m talking
about people who are in the habit of talking during most of the service, and
they do this all the time. When I was a child we were taught to not talk or
goof off during the worship and the Word. If we got restless we could color in a
coloring book or read a book. It seems like today so many parents don’t teach
their children to be quiet during the services, and they let them talk and run
around.
Sometimes distractions are caused by demons
manifesting in people. There’s a time to cast out demons (as Jesus demonstrated
in His ministry). Then there is a time when you are to command the demons to be
silent (as Jesus also did in His ministry).
On rare occasions, the anointing for authority
involves, when directed by the Spirit, pronouncing judgment on those who rise
up to try to destroy the work of God, and the Lord backs up your words and He
carries out the judgment.
An example is Ananias and Sapphira. The apostle
Peter and other apostles pronounced a judgment on them for not only lying to
them, but for also lying to the Holy Ghost.
Another example is when Elijah pronounced a
judgment on the young boys who mocked him because of his baldness. He probably
was literally bald, but the Scriptures imply that the mocking was deeper than
just making fun of his lack of hair, but mocking the anointing on his life.
In the ministry of William Branham, there was a
situation that arose in one of the meetings in which he pronounced a judgment
(by the leading of the Spirit) upon a certain man. This man had come up to the
stage in the healing line, claiming that he had cancer and for William Branham
to lay hands on him so that he would be healed.
The man lied – he did not have cancer. His intent
was to make a false claim about having cancer, in order to “expose” Branham as
being a false prophet (because he didn’t believe that God reveals things to His
prophets by the words of knowledge). The man was out to prove that Branham just
“made up” all those words of knowledge about people. When the man claimed to be
sick with cancer, the Holy Spirit told Branham that the man was a fake and was
lying, and then Branham told the man in front of everyone there that he lied
about having cancer.
Then Branham pronounced a judgment on the man for
lying not only to him, but to the Holy Ghost, and told him that since he lied
about having cancer, that cancer would come on his body immediately and he
would be dead by the next day. It happened exactly as what Branham pronounced.
A curse and a judgment are two different things.
A curse is a prayer or verbal words intending
injury, harm or misfortune to come to someone (usually based on hate, jealousy,
and wicked intents of the heart). We are not called to curse.
A judgment is the discernment between good and
evil, what is right and what is wrong, and based on the evidence and situation,
making a judicial decision and pronouncing a verdict and the
consequence/punishment (if applicable) according to the laws established by
God.
The authority to pronounce a judgment is granted to
you from a Higher Authority (God). It applies to true God ordained Apostles who walk in greater levels of
authority.
The anointing to pronounce a judgment is not the
same thing as Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” In Matthew 7:1, it’s
not referring to a judicial decision based on right and wrong, but to be
critical and despise someone and their shortcomings, and to be very condemning
of others, while you yourself are not perfect. This type of judging involves
pride – of pointing out the faults of others, while ignoring the plank in your
own eye. This type of judgment involves judging others for their actions when
you don’t know all the facts and have not heard all sides of the story, nor
have been in their shoes.
This differs from a judgment made by a judge and
jury in a courtroom, based on discerning and separating the facts and reaching
a verdict.
On very rare occasions is a judgment pronounced.
The church, as a whole, is not ready for things to go back to the way it was in
the early Church in Acts. The glory of the Lord has the power to heal and bring
about miracles. Yet one can also perish in the Glory by things such as
irreverence, profaning the holy things of God, lying to the Holy Ghost, and
trying to destroy someone’s ministry or discredit them.
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
Three Anointings of David and in the Book of Acts
The Three
Anointings of King David
David was anointed with the Holy anointing oil on
three different occasions.
The second anointing was a higher level of
anointing than the first anointing.
The third anointing was an even higher level of
anointing than the first and second anointings.
1.
First anointing – the call into
ministry. This is when David was just a shepherd teenager and Samuel anointed
him as King.
2.
Second anointing – becoming king
over Hebron (a territory).
3.
Third anointing – becoming king
over all Israel (the entire nation).
The Three
Anointings in the Book of Acts
1.
Acts 2 = endued with Power from
on High when the Holy Spirit came to the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost,
filling everyone with the Holy Ghost and they all spoke with tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.
2.
Acts 2-3 = The Church was born.
3,000 were added in one day.
3.
Acts 4 = Miracles, healings,
speaking the Word with boldness, with great power gave the apostles witness.
You can see the progression of the levels of
anointing in Acts. It started with 120 people filled with the Holy Spirit. Then
3,000 people are added to the Church in one day.
Then the anointing intensified where miracles,
healings, deliverances, signs, wonders, the dead being raised, speaking with
boldness, and the apostles flowing in great power of the Spirit were taking
place in the Church.
Another way of looking at the 3 levels of anointing
in the Book of Acts:
1.
Acts 2 = begins with a small
number of people (120)
2.
Acts 2-3 = addition takes place
(3,000 added in one day)
3.
Acts 4 and beyond =
multiplication (great multitudes)
The levels of anointing begin with a seed, remnant or portion.
Then it progresses to addition.
Then it progresses to multiplication and greater
multiplication.
This progression of anointing applies to your
ministry, to your finances, to your business, to your family and loved ones
being saved and blessed, and to your life in general.
You are
anointed!
2 Corinthians 1:21 “Now He who establishes us with
you in Christ and has anointed us is God.” NKJV
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
The Anointing Will Teach You all
Things
1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which you have
received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but
as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is
not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.”
This Scripture is not saying that we do not need
pastors and teachers to teach us the Word and teach us about the things of the
Spirit (as that would contradict Ephesians 4:11-12 and Matthew 4:23, and many
other Scriptures).
The pattern of Jesus in which He modeled for us in
Matthew 4:23 is to:
1. teach
2. preach
3. heal the sick in Jesus’ Name
Ephesians 4:11-12 says, “And He Himself gave some
to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of
the body of Christ.”
When it says in 1 John 2:27 (and xref Luke 12:12
and John 14:26) that the Holy Spirit (or Anointing) will teach you all things,
or teach you what to say, it’s referring to:
1.
The Holy Spirit
teaching you to discern between truth and error.
2.
The Holy Spirit
teaching you things in the Word, giving you insights or pointing out truths in
the Scriptures that man did not teach you (because no teacher knows
everything).
3.
The Holy Spirit
giving you wisdom and revelation, illumination and understanding.
4.
The Holy Spirit
guiding you in the what, how, when, and where in regards to each situation and
decision in your life.
5.
Many receive the
ability to play musical instruments, to learn a particular skill, to excel in
business, to prosper financially, to invent something, to have creative ideas
by the Anointing teaching them.
6.
Words of
knowledge and words of wisdom (1 Cor 12:8). He reveals facts of the present,
past and future. He shows you things to come. He gives you supernatural
understanding about something that normally you would not know. He gives you
strategies and ideas from Heaven.
7.
In certain
situations where you have to speak or answer questions, He tells you what to
say.
8.
He brings all
things to your remembrance when you need it.
9.
He reveals to you
the Father and Son.
10.
He warns you,
prompts you, leads you and at times forbids you to do something or go
somewhere.
11.
He instructs you
what to say and what not to say, and how to act and not act, around different
people.
12.
He is your
personal coach.
Benny Hinn Conference
Notes
Jubilee Christian Center,
San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
The Anointing Will Turn Your
Wilderness Into a Beautiful Garden, by the Spirit.
Isaiah 32:15 (NIV)
Till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and
the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
Isaiah 35:1-2 (ASV)
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto
it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah,
the excellency of our God.
Isaiah 35:6-7 (NAS)
Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue
of the dumb will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness
and streams in the Arabah. And the scorched land will become a pool, and the
thirsty ground springs of water.
Isaiah 41:18-20 (NAS)
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs
in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and
the dry land fountains of water. I will put the cedar in the wilderness, the
acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the
desert, together with the box tree and the cypress, that they may see and
recognize, and consider and gain insight as well, that the hand of the LORD has
done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Isaiah 51:3 (NAS)
Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort
all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, and her desert
like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and sound of a melody.
|
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What once was barren wasteland
in Israel, has blossomed forth through planting millions of trees and
creating forests and parks for all to enjoy. God turns our wilderness into
something beautiful. |
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
Seven Results of the Anointing
Psalms 89:20-29 (NKJV)
20 I have found My servant David; with My holy oil
I have anointed him,
21 With whom My hand shall be established; also My
arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him, nor the son of
wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face, and
plague those who hate him.
24 But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with
him, and in My name his horn shall be exalted.
25 Also I will set his hand over the sea, and his
right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall cry to Me, “You are my Father, My God,
and the rock of my salvation.”
27 Also I will make him My firstborn, the highest
of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy I will keep for him forever, and My
covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, and
his throne as the days of heaven.
This passage is talking about King David, but it
also prophetically applies to us today because the Lord has anointed His Church
with the 3-fold anointing of prophet,
priest and king (Joel 2:28-29, 1 Peter 2:9).
Verse 20: “I have found My servant David; with My
holy oil I have anointed him”.
The anointing oil speaks of the Anointing of the
Holy Spirit in us and upon us. There are 7 primary results of the Anointing:
1.
Your life will be stabilized – vs
21a
2.
You will be strengthened – vs 21b
(strengthened in your physical health and in your inner man)
3.
Protection. The devil cannot
touch you – vs 22.
4.
God will fight your enemies – vs
23.
5.
God’s faithfulness and mercy
shall never depart from your life – vs 24a.
6.
Your horn (authority) shall be
exalted – vs 24b. Your words shall not fall to the ground. God will back up
what you decree in the heavenly realm.
7.
God will use anointed men and
women of God to influence nations – verses 25-29. In Biblical symbolism, the
sea and many waters are symbolic of the masses of peoples and nations (vs 25).
The firstborn (vs 27a) symbolizes possessing
certain rights and privileges because of your position in Christ, receiving the
inheritance as sons of God, and knowing who you are in Christ and having
confidence.
Kings represent authority, power, influence, ruling
and reigning with Christ, and God’s Kingdom being spread throughout the entire
earth (vs 27b). This anointing is passed down to your children, and to your descendants
(vs 29).
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
How to Know When the Anointing is
Coming
1.
“The glory of Lebanon will be given” (Isaiah 35:2). The atmosphere changes. The seasons begin to change. The old season
starts to shift into the new season. The glory of Lebanon is the cedar trees.
Benny Hinn grew up in Jaffa, Israel, close to Tel Aviv and the Lebanese border.
At a certain time of the year, the wind would shift directions, and the
sweet-smelling scent of the cedar trees in Lebanon would blow southward and
fill the air with the pleasant aroma. That’s when they knew that the new season
was soon approaching.
2.
“The excellency of Carmel and Sharon” (Isaiah 35:2). Speaks of the Word – fresh food that nourishes,
refreshes and rejuvenates. Also, the harvest being gathered. Sharon was an
extremely fertile plain known for its agriculture. Carmel is a mountain range
and town north of the Plains of Sharon, and the meaning of Carmel is “fruit
garden or orchard”.
3.
The flowers of
Sharon, and in particular, the Rose of Sharon, were beautiful. The flowers speak of new life and blossoming out. God
turns our desert and wasteland situations around, and brings fruitfulness. The
flowers speak of joy and singing, and God’s glorious beauty seen in our lives.
Isaiah 35:1-2a says, “The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them,
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; It shall blossom
abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing.”
4.
Isaiah 61:3
“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified.”
5.
Restoration comes suddenly. In
some cases, overnight.
Joel
2:22-26
22 Be not
afraid … for the open pastures are becoming green. The trees are bearing their
fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
23 Be
glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the
autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and
spring rains, as before.
24 The
threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new
wine and oil.
25 I will
repay you for the years the locusts have eaten - the great locust and the young
locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm- my great army that I sent among
you.
26 You
will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of
the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people
be shamed.
6.
You shall see the Glory of the Lord (Isaiah 35:2).
7.
Miracles will begin to happen. “Then
the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be
unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb
sing” (Isaiah 35:5-6).
8.
Dragons are driven away from your life. Only a strong River of God (Anointing) can drive the dragons off your
grass (your property, your life). Isaiah 35:7 “And the parched ground shall
become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of
dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.” Dragons
symbolize demonic strongholds that are very difficult to get rid of.
Homosexuality is the strongest dragon to cast off, but the River of God
(Anointing) is stronger.
9.
Error or sin will be corrected. Isaiah
35:8 “A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway
of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray.”
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
Jubilee Christian Center,
San Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
Other Aspects About the
Anointing
1. God will exalt you to a
place of authority and power.
Micah 4:1 speaks of the literal Mount Zion (Jerusalem)
and people from all over the world making pilgrimages there. Zion is also a
prophetic phrase representing the Body of Christ. Mount Zion shall be the most
renowned of all the mountains of the world.
Mountains symbolize high places of authority and
power (a positive symbolism). Mountains can also have negative symbolism
depending on the Scriptural passage, (meaning problems and obstacles). But in
Micah 4:1, mountains mean being in high places.
God is anointing many in the Body of Christ to
begin occupying positions in high places, such as government and the corporate
business world.
Occupying high or heavenly places also speaks of
authority and power in the Spirit, authority and power in prayer, knowing who
you are in Christ and being seated with Him in heavenly places (Eph 2:6). God
has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Eph
1:3).
2. When the Anointing comes,
none will be barren among you.
Song of Solomon 4:2 says, “Your teeth are like a
flock of shorn sheep which have come up from the washing, every one of which
bears twins, and none is barren among them.”
In the Bible, teeth have various symbolisms
depending on the passage. One of the symbols of teeth in Jewish culture was
that it is figurative of having had consumed an abundance of milk (the calcium
in the milk keeping the teeth white and healthy). The milk represents the Word.
The abundance of milk which keeps the teeth white speaks of no lack in the
Spirit. Abundance, fruitfulness. The twin teeth speak of bearing double –
double blessings, double anointing.
3. Restoration for you and
your loved ones.
God imparts an anointing to believe (and not just
believe, but take authority in the Spirit) for the salvation and restoration of
your loved ones.
Hosea 14:1-9
1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God, for you
have stumbled because of your iniquity;
2 Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Say
to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the
sacrifices of our lips.
3 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride on
horses, nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
4 “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them
freely, for My anger has turned away from him.”
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow
like the lily, and lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread; his beauty shall be
like an olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
they shall be revived like grain, and grow like a vine. Their scent shall be
like the wine of Lebanon.
8 “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore
with idols?’ I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress
tree; your fruit is found in Me.”
9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who
is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; the
righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Verses 1 and 2: God is asking His people who have
stumbled to turn back to Him and He will restore their lives.
Verse 3: The Assyrian culture and people were
related to Babylon. Babylon is the place of captivity and confusion. Turning
away from God always leads a person to a place of captivity and confusion.
Verse 4: God promises to heal their backsliding, to
love them unconditionally, for He is not angry with them.
Verse 5: The dew is a symbol of the Anointing and
God’s blessings. Dew is also a symbol of unlimited supply and prosperity. Dew
waters the earth, removing barrenness (no lack). It speaks of being satiated.
Psalm 133 says, “Behold, how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment
(anointing oil) upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's
(priestly anointing) beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; as
the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.”
Verse 5: “He shall grow as the lily”, meaning
(according to Bible Encyclopedias), rapidly self-propagating, one root often
producing 50 bulbs. Fruitfulness, multiplication.
Verse 5: “Roots of Lebanon” are figurative of the
cedars which have roots that go as deep as the height of the tree. This
symbolizes your roots going deep down, so that you are strong and immovable.
Spiritual growth consists mostly in the growth of the roots, which is out of
sight.
Verse 6: “His branches shall spread.” Symbolizes
fruitfulness and growth. Expanding to the right and to the left.
Verse 6: The olive tree is symbolic of the
Anointing and being abundantly blessed. The fragrance of Lebanon symbolizes the
fragrance of Christ. There is a level of anointing when the Shekinah Glory of
God fills a room, that often times the room is literally filled with the sweet
aroma of the Glory of the Father.
Verse 7: “They that dwell under his shadow shall
return”, meaning that those who once dwelled under Israel’s covering, and left
it, shall return and be restored to their original dwelling under the covering.
Verse 7: “They shall revive like grain.” As a
kernel goes into the ground and dies, it shall once again spring forth with
abundant produce. A great increase of offspring.
Verse 7: “Their scent shall be like the wine of
Lebanon.” Israel’s fame. Also, compare Hosea 14:6 “His smell is like Lebanon”
to Song 1:3 “His Name is like ointment poured forth.” This is talking about the
anointing. The wine of Lebanon was most celebrated for its aroma, flavor and
medicinal restorative properties.
Verse 8: “Ephraim” (the double-fruitful one who is
grateful for God’s goodness) says, “what more do I have to do with idols”
(giving up idolatry to serve God wholeheartedly).
Verse 8: “I am like a green cypress tree; your
fruit is found in me”. Being like an evergreen tree. Your leaves not falling
off in winter seasons.
Verse 9: “Prudent” – an anointing for wisdom and
understanding. Possessing both practical wisdom for everyday living, as well as
insights into divine truths. Discerning the difference between what is
righteous and what is unrighteous; what is sacred and what is secular.
Ephesians 1:17-18 says, “That the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Him; the eyes of your understanding being
enlightened.”
Acts 6:2-3 refers to the brethren in the early
church seeking out from among them seven men of good reputation, full of the
Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom they may appoint as deacons. Stephen was one of
the seven men. Stephen’s opposers were not able to resist the wisdom and the
Spirit by which he spoke (Acts 6:10).
One of the Gifts of the Spirit is the word of
wisdom (1 Cor 12:8).
4. The restoration of all things.
Acts 3:20-21 (ASV) says, “That he may send the
Christ who hath been appointed for you, (even) Jesus: whom the heaven must
receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the
mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old.”
5. Obadiah 17
– “But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” The day will come when
there will be no bondage among His Church. The Anointing sets captives free,
and the Anointing is protection from demonic harassment.
6. The Anointing gives you energy.
The Anointing takes away tiredness. It gives you a
desire to want to minister to people. But you have to flow in your own
anointing for whatever God has called you to do. Exhaustion and poor results
may result from trying to operate in an anointing that you are not called to
do.
Benny Hinn gave the example that he can minister
for hours at conferences and crusades and feel energized. His anointing is the
office of the evangelist – to preach and teach before large audiences, lead
scores of people to salvation in Christ, and lead the people into intimate
worship which invites the Holy Spirit to flow freely. But when he used to be a
pastor, and having to deal with so many needs of the people, and so many
complaints of this person and that person, he became drained. On the other hand,
he has staff who are anointed to spend hours on the phone with someone
counseling them, and staff who enjoy walking around in the audience ministering
to individuals one on one.
7. The Anointing will shake the nations.
Haggai 2:6-7 – “This is what the LORD Almighty
says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the
sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations
will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty.
Haggai 2:8: There is an Anointing being imparted
for financial prosperity. 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares
the LORD Almighty.
Haggai 2:9: The Glory (Anointing) of the latter
house shall be greater than that of the former. There is a progression and
increase of anointing. 'The glory of this present house will be greater than
the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I
will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
8. If the anointing stays locked up on the
inside, it will get stale. It stays fresh when it continually flows out
like a river flowing through you.
9. The Anointing is like rivers and fountains in
the desert - Isaiah 41:18-20
18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, and
fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of
water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, the myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress
tree and the pine and the box tree together,
20 That they may see and know, and consider and
understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One
of Israel has created it.
This speaks of the Anointing bringing refreshing
and removing thirst and dryness. It symbolizes the Anointing turning our desert
into a place of beauty and fruitfulness, of transforming our wilderness into a
garden. We need the Anointing to break off areas of barrenness in our lives.
10. Ezekiel 47:9 – God will bring life to others
through you.
“And it shall be that every living thing that
moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude
of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything
will live wherever the river goes” (NKJV).
The old song says:
“I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me, it makes the lame to walk
and the blind to see. It opens prison doors and sets the captives free, I’ve
got a river of life flowing out of me. Spring up, oh well, within my soul.
Spring up, oh well, and make me whole. Spring up, oh well, and give to me that
life abundantly.”
11. Go in Jesus’ Name.
12. Elisha received the double portion
anointing. Jesus’ anointing was without measure.
Don’t settle for just the double portion. Go beyond
that and believe for an anointing that has no limits as to how much you can
have.
13. Job
29:6 – Rivers of oil belong to you. The rivers and the oil represent the Holy Spirit
and flowing in His Anointing. Oil especially speaks of healing, joy and prophetic
impartation.
14. Rivers of oil = fire and power of God = Job 29:6; Micah 6:7; Rivers
of water = cleansing, refreshing = John 7:38
15. Psalms 109:18 – Oil in his bones.
16. Butter – Symbolizes the richness of the Word = Job 29:6.
17. Ecclesiastes 9:8 – Never lack the anointing.
18. Learn to syphon (draw out) the Anointing.
Deuteronomy 32 – suck oil. This syphoning of
anointing only happens in the high places (high places referring to ascending
in high worship, and being in the atmosphere of the Glory).
19. Difference between the power of God and the
Presence of God:
The Presence IS His Glory (Ex 34).
The Power is released when the Glory comes.
The Presence is KNOWN.
The Power is FELT.
20. The Anointing is released through surrender.
When the Anointing becomes real in worship, you must syphon it.
21. Deuteronomy 32:13 – Syphon the Word (as
symbolized by honey).
22. Isaiah 10:27 – Bondage broken instantly by the
Anointing.
23. 2 Kings 4 – Anointing cancels debt.
24. Isaiah 21:5-6 – Anointing imparts gift of faith
to you.
25. Anointing brings blessings to your life.
26. The Anointing can be transmitted to cloths,
clothing, water, oil, etc.
27. Be careful who you allow to lay hands on you
and prophecy over you. A transference takes place. Something in them gets
on you.
28. Just the Anointing (Power) will make you blow
up. Just the Word will make you dry up. Both the Spirit and the Word together
will make you grow up.
29. The Anointing makes your five senses more keen
and alert.
30. In the Glory, no demons can harass you in your
mind.
31. You can be healed of clinical depression,
anxiety disorder, bipolar and any other mental illness in the Glory.
32. Any sickness or disease can be healed in the
Glory.
33. This is a time of transition for many people.
You have left where you were, but not quite entered into the next season. You
feel stuck inbetween. The Glory and Anointing will transition you to your next
season.
Weakening the Anointing
1. Speaking against men and women of God
When Aaron and Miriam spoke against Moses because
of the Ethiopian woman he had married, and spoke against his ministry and
anointing as prophet, then a judgment from God Himself was placed upon both
Aaron and Miriam. Miriam became leprous for a short time, and learned her
lesson.
The judgment on Aaron was delayed for many years
because the Anointing (represented by the priestly garments, ephod and turban),
protected him from judgment. But when Moses stripped Aaron of his
priestly garments, he was stripped of the Anointing. Then the judgment
was executed and he died.
Speaking against anointed men and women of God may
result in the chastening and discipline of the Lord.
Speaking against anointed men and women of God,
especially publicly and habitually and discrediting or slandering them, can
even cause pre-mature death in some cases – the judgment of God.
2. Ecclesiastes 10:1 – The Anointing will stink
with flies. Flies represent evil spirits.
a. Talking about demons too much. Giving more
attention to demons and their activity than to Jesus.
b. Dark areas in your life in which demons have an
entrance to oppress you. It may be areas of sin – pornography, sexual
immorality, lying, stealing, slander, pride, unforgiveness – any kind of sin;
thoughts and mindsets (strongholds that exalt themselves above the knowledge of
Christ); hatred; strife; jealousy; being involved in witchcraft, horoscopes,
etc. Having unhealed hurts and wounds of the soul makes one more vulnerable to
demonic oppression. The devil takes advantage of people who suffer with chemical
imbalances in the brain and those with emotional wounds.
3. Distractions
4. People draining you. You must set boundaries.
You can’t be all things to all people.
It is God's will that no one should perish (end up in hell), but that ALL should come to repentance.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
