Chapter 26
Benny Hinn Conference Notes
on the Anointing
Jubilee Christian Center, San
Jose, California
January 24-25, 2008
3 Levels of the Anointing in the Life of the Believer
Definition of the Anointing: The
Presence and Power of God.
Salvation – Level 1
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 = being filled with the Spirit
Baptism of the Holy Spirit = being
endued with the Spirit
Both salvation and the Baptism of
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 for service 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 of
God in worship, the Word and communion with the Holy Spirit.
Ministry – Level 2
The second level of anointing is
when God anoints the believer for the particular ministry that God has called
him or her to do. Every person in the Body of Christ is called to be in
ministry of some kind. 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.
Some people are called to the
5-fold ministry offices, while others are called to be business people. Some
people have a gifting to be a florist and create beautiful floral designs,
while others are gifted to be the best cook. All of these gifts in the Body of
Christ are very important.
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.
Authority – Level 3
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 is not from the flesh that you command or decree things. If
it’s just the flesh, it will produce no fruit. If it’s of the Spirit, then 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 operate in the
kingly anointing, it involves making decrees in the heavenly realms, and it
comes to pass. It also entails having authority over demons and Satan, and all
powers of wickedness, and casting out devils. It includes raising the dead.
Authority also involves taking
charge of distractions and people who would mock or cause interruptions in
services, which weakens 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 in the Church. The Body of Christ, 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.
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 separate 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.
First
anointing — the call into ministry. This is when David was just a shepherd
teenager and Samuel anointed him as King.
Second
anointing — becoming king over Hebron (a territory).
Third
anointing — becoming king over all Israel (the entire nation).
The Three Anointings in the Book of Acts
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.
Acts
2-3 = The Church was born and 3,000 were added in one day.
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 were 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 is:
Acts
2 = begins with a small number of people (120)
Acts
2-3 = addition takes place (3,000 added in one day)
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!
Second Corinthians 1:21 “Now He
who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God.” NKJV
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.”
NKJV
This Scripture is not saying that
we do not need pastors and teachers to explain to 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:
The
Holy Spirit teaching you to discern between truth and error.
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).
The
Holy Spirit giving you wisdom and revelation, illumination and understanding.
The
Holy Spirit guiding you in the what, how, when, and where in regards to each
situation and decision in your life.
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.
Words
of knowledge and words of wisdom (1 Corinthians 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.
In
certain situations where you have to speak or answer questions, He tells you
what to say.
He
brings all things to your remembrance when you need it.
He
reveals to you the Father and Son.
He
warns you, prompts you, leads you and at times forbids you to do something or
go somewhere.
He
instructs you what to say and what not to say, and how to act and not act,
around different people.
He
is your personal coach.
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.
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 a Davidic anointing, which is 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:
Your
life will be stabilized — vs 21a
You
will be strengthened — vs 21b (strengthened in your physical health and in your
inner man)
Protection.
The devil cannot touch you — vs 22.
God
will fight your enemies — vs 23.
God’s
faithfulness and mercy shall never depart from your life — vs 24a.
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 realms.
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).
How to Know When the Anointing is Coming
“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.
“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”.
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.”
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.”
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.
You
shall see the Glory of the Lord (Isaiah 35:2).
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).
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.
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.”
Other Aspects About the Anointing
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 (Ephesians 2:6). God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
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 fruitful, double blessings, double anointing.
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, and 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 with God’s goodness.
Psalms 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
forevermore.”
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 of Solomon 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 Corinthians 12:8).
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.”
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.
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. However,
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. In his current ministry, 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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
Go in Jesus’ Name.
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.
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.
Rivers of oil = fire and
power of God. Rivers of water = cleansing, refreshing.
Psalms 109:18—Oil in his
bones.
Butter—Symbolizes the
richness of the Word.
Ecclesiastes
9:8—Never lack the anointing.
Learn
to syphen (draw out) the Anointing.
Deuteronomy 32—suck oil. This
syphening of anointing only happens in the high places (high places referring
to ascending in high worship, and being in the atmosphere of the Glory).
Difference
between the power of God and the Presence of God:
The Presence IS His Glory (Exodus
34).
The Power is released when the
Glory comes.
The Presence is KNOWN. The Power
is FELT.
The
Anointing is released through surrender. When the Anointing becomes real in
worship, you must syphen it.
Deuteronomy
32:13—Syphen the Word (as symbolized by honey).
Isaiah
10:27—Bondage broken instantly by the Anointing.
2
Kings 4—Anointing cancels debt.
Isaiah
21:5-6—Anointing imparts gift of faith to you.
Anointing
brings blessings to your life.
The
Anointing can be transmitted to cloths, clothing, water, oil, etc.
Be
careful who you allow to lay hands on you and prophecy over you. A transference
takes place. Something in them gets on you.
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.
The
Anointing makes your five senses more keen and alert.
In
the Glory, no demons can harass you in your mind.
You
can be healed of clinical depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar and any other
mental illness in the Glory.
Any
sickness or disease can be healed in the Glory.
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 seasons. The Glory
and Anointing will transition you to your next season.
Weakening
the Anointing
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.
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.
Distractions
People
draining you. You must set boundaries. You can’t be all things to all people.
