[Manna - April 17]
The anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you. 1 John 2:27
THE blessing and power of the Lord accompanied
David's anointing in some manner—just how we may
not understand—enabling him to progress in knowledge,
etc., and fitting and preparing him for the duties
of the office to which he had been anointed.
May
we not consider as an antitype to this, the anointing
which comes upon the church from the time of her
acceptance with the Lord?
Ours is not a physical
anointing, nor are the blessings conferred of a temporal
character: it is as New Creatures that we grow in
grace and knowledge and love; and as New Creatures
that, by and by, we shall be perfected in the First
Resurrection and come to the throne with our Lord
and Master as our Head. Z.'03-223 R3227:4