Fresh Anointing
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A call to move in the Freshness of the Holy Spirit
A call to move in the Freshness of the Holy Spirit
10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.
Today is the day for church to be filled with the freshness of the Holy Spirit
Today is the day for church to be filled with the freshness of the Holy Spirit
How long will we seek the stale old oil? Relying on past anointings. We need a fresh move of His Spirit in our lives! You cannot experience into the current move of God if you are only trying to restore the past move of God.
There is value in thinking back to the zeal you had with the Lord and understand where you might have lost that passion. Asking yourself, what sins and compromises destroyed my enthusiasm for God’s presence?
However, to try to restore the old move of God will not work. We must seek God’s presence today. We must move into the current move of the Spirit. We must seek a Fresh Anointing!
Frantically trying to buy the anointing is futile
Frantically trying to buy the anointing is futile
24 Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
What is a Kab?
What is a Kab?
KAB (קַב, qav). A dry or liquid measure of volume which may roughly equal a quart (2 Kgs 6:25). During the Syrian siege of Samaria, a quarter of a kab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver (2 Kgs 6:25). Josephus (Antiquities 9:4.4) describes a kab as equal to 2 quarts, while the Mishnah recognizes it as 1.3 liquid quarts.
Why Doves?
Why Doves?
DOVE Birds that were considered ceremonially clean and usable for sacrifice, particularly by those who were too poor to afford a larger sacrificial animal. The dove is an emblem of purity (Psa 68:13) and a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Matt 3:16).
Many in the church today are scratching for the leftovers. Dove’s Dung is what is left after the Dove has flown.
Many in the church today are scratching for the leftovers. Dove’s Dung is what is left after the Dove has flown.
The need for Fresh Anointing is now!
Old Wineskins or Fresh Wineskins
Old Wineskins or Fresh Wineskins
15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
A fresh anointing will only be recieved when we give up the old wineskins. Many are drunk on the old wine. They are grasping for the old move of God. They miss the current visitation of His presence.
5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the new wine, For it has been cut off from your mouth.
The people of Jerusalem did not recognize Jesus, the anointed one. They could not move forward into His Presence. They then became open to destruction and spiritual attack.
41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Worship and Spiritual Warfare
Worship and Spiritual Warfare
My Horn you have exalted
My Horn you have exalted
HORN Or trumpet. A musical instrument that was often used to sound an alarm for war or worship.
Worship and Warfare go hand in hand. When we worship, we create an atmosphere for the manisfatation of the glory of God. His presence is what breaks down the strongholds of the enemy. Our passanate, anointed worship brings about the downfall of our enemies.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
Fresh Anointing makes us Flourish
Fresh Anointing makes us Flourish
12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,
15 to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Biblical Usage
Four different Hebrew words are used throughout the Bible to refer to the English word “horn” or “trumpet”:
1. שׁוֹפָר (shophar)
2. קֶרֶן (qeren)
3. יוֹבֵל (yovel)
4. חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah)
שׁוֹפָר (shophar)
The most common Hebrew word for “horn” as a musical instrument is שׁוֹפָר (shophar). The שׁוֹפָר (shophar) was primarily used in military settings. However, in both military and ritual settings, it was viewed as a sacred instrument. The שׁוֹפָר (shophar) was used during physical battle to signal military advances or to strike fear into Israel’s enemies (Josh 6:4–20; Judg 3:27).
Contemporary scientific experiments with שּׁוֹפָר (shophar) have demonstrated that by combining several short, synchronous blasts, a small army could indeed destroy stone buildings as reported in the battle of Jericho (Kolyada, Compendium, 70–71). However, no archaeological evidence has been found to confirm the biblical account (Kolyada, Compendium, 101 n. 16). The שׁוֹפָר (shophar) was sometimes used as a hearkening call for battle (Jer 4:5–21).
The prophets records the use of שׁוֹפָר (shophar) to announce battles in an almost apocalyptic fashion (Jer 51:27; Joel 2:1–15). At other times it was used as a warning signal, telling Israel that if they did not repent, war would come to their land (Amos 2:2; 3:6; Hos 5:8; 8:1).
Outside of warfare, the שׁוֹפָר (shophar) was used in ritual settings. It announced the Day of Atonement (Lev 25:9) and the coronation of kings (1 Kgs 1:32–48; 2 Kgs 9:11–13).
קֶרֶן (qeren)
In the Old Testament, קֶרֶן (qeren) is most often used symbolically as the strongest or topmost part of something, and is not often specific to a musical instrument. During the battle of Jericho, the word קֶרֶן (qeren) is used synonymously with שׁוֹפָר (shophar), making it indistinguishable from the sacred horn (Josh 6:5; Braun, Music, 25–26). The only other time this word (or more specifically, its Aramaic equivalent) is used to specify a wind instrument is in the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Dan 3:5, 7, 10, 15). Pictographic evidence of Assyrian horns around the time Daniel was written indicate that the horn mentioned here was likely a man-made, wooden horn, rather than an actual animal horn (Kolyada, Compendium, 65–66).
Outside of the Bible, the קֶרֶן (qeren) appears to be one of the oldest types of horn instruments that was used exclusively in secular settings (Kolyada, Compendium, 66–67).
יוֹבֵל (yovel)
The word יוֹבֵל (yovel) is used less frequently than both קֶרֶן (qeren) and שׁוֹפָר (shophar) throughout the Bible. Most of the time, it refers to the Year of Jubilee, which is mentioned in Leviticus (Lev 25:28, 30–31, 33, 40, 50, 52, 54; 27:17–18, 21, 23) and once in Numbers (Num 36:4). When God meets Israel at Sinai before the Ten Commandments are given, יוֹבֵל (yovel) is used synonymously with שׁוֹפָר (shophar) (Exod 19:13, 16). A modified version of the same term is used again, with שׁוֹפָר (shophar), in Josh 6:5. These two occurrences seem to indicate that the שׁוֹפָר (shophar) was the instrument used as “the horn of jubilee.” (Braun, Music, 25–26).
חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah)
The term חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah) is typically translated as “trumpet” rather than “horn,” though it falls within the same category of wind instrument. Unlike the שׁוֹפָר (shophar), which was made from an actual curved ram’s horn, the חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah) was a straight, metallic trumpet (Kolyada, Compendium, 81), which the Bible describes as being made of silver (Num 10:2; 2 Kgs 12:13). The חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah) were initially made for the priests to use during worship (Num 10:1–10; 31:6; Ezra 3:10), though in other places the court officials seemingly play these trumpets (2 Kgs 11:14; 1 Chr 13:8).
In Hebrew poetry, writers often used two different words in parallelism to bring attention to the item being described. Occasionally, the words הֲצֹצְרָה (hatsotserah) and שׁוֹפָר (shophar) are used together in this manner (Hos 5:8; Pss 98:6). Despite the distinct differences, after the destruction of the temple in AD 70, the distinction between the שׁוֹפָר (shophar) and חֲצֹצְרָה (chatsotserah) was partially lost, and Talmud texts often equate the two.
Garrett, J. K. (2016). Horn. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
Using Worship to Ignite the Anointing
Using Worship to Ignite the Anointing
Worship and spiritual warfare always are connected. Active worship is a prerequisite to moving in a fresh anointing. Strongholds are torn down when confronted with a believer moving in a Fresh Anointing. Blow the shophar!
1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
Repentance Precedes Revival
Repentance Precedes Revival
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” 13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. 14 Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God?
What is Repentance?
What is Repentance?
REPENTANCE A change of attitude and action from sin toward obedience to God. The concept of repentance differs slightly in the Hebrew and Greek minds, but an emphasis upon right behavior is consistent throughout.
Repentance in Hebrew
Repentance in Hebrew
No Hebrew word is an exact equivalent for the English term “repentance.” Repentance was expressed by a number of different actions that show a change in thinking and attitude toward sin and God. Repentance may be demonstrated by:
• A public display of mourning over sin, such as weeping
• Making restitution for wrongs committed
• Abasing oneself before the wronged party
The Hebrew word that most closely approximates “repent” or “repentance” is translated into English as “return,” which basically means “to turn around and go in the opposite direction.” In theological contexts, the implication is to turn from a road characterized by rebellion toward God and to a road characterized by obedience. The emphasis is upon actions that necessarily proceed from turning one’s orientation toward God.
Fresh Anointing is delayed for a lack of turning our hearts to Him. Joel calls for true repentance rather than a symbolic posture.
Steps of true repentance mentioned in Joel:
Steps of true repentance mentioned in Joel:
Turn to the Lord with your whole heart
Turn to the Lord with fasting
Turn to the Lord with weeping
Turn to the Lord with mourning
Rend your heart and not your garments
Rend your hearts means ‘change your whole attitude’
Returning to the Lord will bring blessing
Repentance in Greek
Repentance in Greek
The Greek word for “repentance” derives from a verb meaning “to radically change one’s thinking.” “Repentance” refers to an event in which an individual attains a divinely provided new understanding of their behavior and feels compelled to change that behavior and begin a new relationship with God (Heb 6:1; Acts 20:21).
While the Greek language can represent the concept of repentance as an independent action, the Semitic background of the New Testament writers demanded that appropriate actions follow the event of repentance (Matt 3:8; Acts 26:20).
Kennedy, B. (2016). Repentance. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Psalm 51 Reveals God’s pattern of Repentence
Psalm 51 Reveals God’s pattern of Repentence
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;
19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Fresh Anointing Comes to a Consecrated People
Fresh Anointing Comes to a Consecrated People
Consecration is a cleansing of someone or something from sin and ritual impurity, and then to dedicating the person or thing for a specific purpose.
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly; 16 gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
When we consecrate ourselves unto Him the power of God will move through our lives. Joel is the prophet of Pentecost. The prophet of the anointing.
Joel’s Steps of Consecration
Joel’s Steps of Consecration
Sound the Alarm, Blow the trumpet
Consecrate a fast
Call an assembly and gather the people
The congregation
The elders
The children
The nursing infants
Bridegrooms and Brides
Afterword I will pour out my Spirit
Afterword I will pour out my Spirit
After Repentance
After Repentance
When we are not hiding from God, Fresh Anointing is Poured Out!
What is in your life that you requires a change of direction?
