Sometimes we turn that phrase around and say, “It’s the anointing that destroys (or breaks) the yoke.” That’s sayingĪbsolutely the same thing: The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Spirit that the battle is going to be won.” It’s by the Spirit of God that victories come, not by the hand of man.Ģ7 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING. He’s telling Zerubbabel, “It’s not by the power of an army, but it’s by my Scripture, He’s talking about human might. When God speaks of might and power in this We always think of might and power in connection with the Spirit of God. Of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, norīy power, but BY MY SPIRIT, saith the Lord of hosts. Other Old Testament references to the anointing include these texts from Zechariah and Isaiah.Ħ Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word Romans 5:17 says that we shall “reign in life.” It’s because of the Into the presence of God in the Holy of Holies, but the priest- the High Priest-could go into the Holy of Holies, so he was the intercessor for the people.

What was the function of the priest? He represented other people.

The prophetic office includes anything that speaks for God-which would be all of the teaching and preaching offices-but especially that of the prophet, because that is the anointing involved. In the 92nd Psalm, David said, “…I shall be anointed with fresh oil” (v. David was king, and he also was priest and prophet. The Spirit of God would come upon these three types of individuals to enable them to stand in their respective offices.ĭavid had all of these anointings. Presence of God was kept shut up in the Holy of Holies in the Temple.īut God would anoint the king to stand in that office He would anoint the priest to stand in that office and He wouldĪnoint the prophet to stand in that office. In Old Testament times, the common layman (we’d call him a “believer” today) had no anointing in him or on him.

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