As I continue my meditations through the Gospel of Mark this morning, “anointing” became my operative word, and thus will be throughout the remainder of the day,as I reflect upon God’s anointing on my own life.
Jesus is the one who does the anointing. He infuses us with the Holy Spirit at the very moment of regeneration.
Here are two contrasting points represented in my text.
1) the anointing of death (old covenant)
2) the anointing for life (new covenant)
The scope of the issue is that in order to be anointed for life, one must die before Jesus can infuse us with His spirit. In order to aid us in the death process,He had to first prepare the ground through the application of the Cross.
It is then by belief, faith, and confession that we get sealed unto salvation by grace through His anointing or baptism.
In contrast, the woman’s anointing prepared His seal for death, while God’s anointing prepares our seal for redemption.
I came up with a few antonyms…
The woman’s seal was temporary, God’s seal is eternal.
The woman’s seal was a pleasant fragrance that would soon dimish with time.
God’s seal is an aroma to life from glory to glory.
The woman’s seal was expensive, God’s seal is priceless.
The woman’s seal was a sacrifice from savings.
God’s seal is a results from His sacrifice for our saving.
The woman’s seal was inspired by God.
God's seal is God inspired.
Jesus said the woman had done a beautiful thing to Him.
I’d say for believers, He has done a beautiful thing for us!
May we be a beautiful fragrance, anointing the heads of one another in peace.
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