The Holy Anointing Oil

Forbidden: The Holy Anointing Oil

Solemn Warning Against Unlawful Use of "Anointing Oil"

sold to unwary Christians by some professing "Messianic" believers.

By Investigative Reporter Daniel Gregg, www.torahtimes.org.

This product is forbidden for common use. No one except the Son's of Aaron are supposed to use this oil. It is most holy to YHWH. Anyone who makes it is cast out of the assembly of Israel by the Lord.

            Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. KJV Exodus 30:22 -38).

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        There may be other products with the forbidden formula.   If you use anointing oil, then it is up to the buyer to make sure that the forbidden formula is not being used.   However, the buyer and seller are equally guilty.   One company that makes this oil is www.graftedbranch.com.   The phone is answered Rabbi Marty, but no information appears on the website about this oil.



Justification
Rebuttal

       The product literature tries to justify the use of the oil by Christians. The product box contains a little scroll. I have photographed it and enhanced the very light print in a photo editing program.

         When the Torah forbids the use of this oil after the common fashion, it means any use that is not in the Temple or Tabernacle, or not upon the sons of Aaron, the priestly family.

          The argument that Christians become priests is squarely refuted by the fact that all Israel were priests. They were just not Levitical Priests.   The text says:

Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

     The same text is quoted in 1Peter 2:19, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;" and applied to all Israel. This shows that Peter interpreted the Exodus 19:6 passage as a general priesthood of faithful, and not the Levitical Priests.

      Since the sacred oil was forbidden to all but the Levitical Priests at the time of Moses, and there existed a general priesthood then also, the existence of the same general priesthood of faithful now does not justify a violation of the Torah.

       The context defines who a "layman" is. A layman is a non-Levitical Priest.   The argument that "stranger" means only a foreigner to Israel is deceptive.   Here is how the scriptures define 'stranger':

KJV Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

      A 'stranger' is here defined as someone who is not a descendent of Aaron.   The same Hebrew word is used in Numbers 16:40: .   The sons of Korah used the same argument that this product uses:

KJV Numbers 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

        What did YHWH do?   He destroyed them will fire for profaning his worship and breaking his commandments.   Don't be deceived by simplistic arguments from Strong's Concordance. Korah would have loved to have used it at his defense for offering 'strange fire';

     If you start with a lie, and try to reason logically from it, the result will also be a lie. The product literature quotes 1Peter 2:9, but does not point out the definition that the Scripture gives to 'stranger' in context, nor does it point out that Peter based his teaching of the general priesthood of the faithful in Yeshua squarely on the Torah itself.

      Since the general priesthood was valid at the time of Moses, it is valid the same way now, and clearly that did not include letting all Israel use the sacred oil. The only way to get another interpretation is to accuse Peter of wresting the Torah out of context in 1Peter 2:9 and putting his own interpretation on it.   That would be an audacious assumption.   It is better to think that Peter applied the 'royal priesthood' concept exactly as it was intended to in the Torah in the first place.

        Notice that the product literature inadvertently warns the user that it is PROSCRIBED in the second from the last line!   "Proscribed" means "prohibited". Call it a freudian slip. The literature means to say "prescribed".

        The outfit that sells this oil is located in the United States.

      It seems that the literature is saying that only if the oil component is from Israel, then only then is the product "authentic". Notice the words "carrier oil"?   It sounds like this company needed to preserve its monopoly -- at least somewhat by saying that non-Israeli oil would be less authentic.

       The Torah, however, assures us that that if the recipe is made by anyone with any ingredients from anywhere with a non-Levitical use in mind, that it will surely bring down the judgment of excision anyway.

      To return to the main point. Those who promote duplication of the biblical anointing oil argue that everyone is a sanctified priest now.    I would like to point out that what is unsanctified is the deceptive argument that would have us believe that YHWH has changed his mind about the commandment because "all the the congregation of Israel is holy" now.   That was Korah's argument.

       Korah was destroyed by fire.   It does not matter if the promoter of such common uses of the holy anointing oil call themselves "Cohen" or "Rabbi" or use the name of Yeshua.   Wasn't Korah a great leader? But the levites and the priests in ancient times also led Israel astray. So be on guard against the leaven of the "Rabbis".

Justification	Rebuttal
	The product literature tries to justify the use of the oil by Christians. The product box contains a little scroll. I have photographed it and enhanced the very light print in a photo editing program. When the Torah forbids the use of this oil after the common fashion, it means any use that is not in the Temple or Tabernacle, or not upon the sons of Aaron, the priestly family. The argument that Christians become priests is squarely refuted by the fact that all Israel were priests. They were just not Levitical Priests. The text says: Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. The same text is quoted in 1Peter 2:19, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;" and applied to all Israel. This shows that Peter interpreted the Exodus 19:6 passage as a general priesthood of faithful, and not the Levitical Priests. Since the sacred oil was forbidden to all but the Levitical Priests at the time of Moses, and there existed a general priesthood then also, the existence of the same general priesthood of faithful now does not justify a violation of the Torah.
	The context defines who a "layman" is. A layman is a non-Levitical Priest. The argument that "stranger" means only a foreigner to Israel is deceptive. Here is how the scriptures define 'stranger': KJV Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. A 'stranger' is here defined as someone who is not a descendent of Aaron. The same Hebrew word is used in Numbers 16:40: . The sons of Korah used the same argument that this product uses: KJV Numbers 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? What did YHWH do? He destroyed them will fire for profaning his worship and breaking his commandments. Don't be deceived by simplistic arguments from Strong's Concordance. Korah would have loved to have used it at his defense for offering 'strange fire';
	If you start with a lie, and try to reason logically from it, the result will also be a lie. The product literature quotes 1Peter 2:9, but does not point out the definition that the Scripture gives to 'stranger' in context, nor does it point out that Peter based his teaching of the general priesthood of the faithful in Yeshua squarely on the Torah itself. Since the general priesthood was valid at the time of Moses, it is valid the same way now, and clearly that did not include letting all Israel use the sacred oil. The only way to get another interpretation is to accuse Peter of wresting the Torah out of context in 1Peter 2:9 and putting his own interpretation on it. That would be an audacious assumption. It is better to think that Peter applied the 'royal priesthood' concept exactly as it was intended to in the Torah in the first place. Notice that the product literature inadvertently warns the user that it is PROSCRIBED in the second from the last line! "Proscribed" means "prohibited". Call it a freudian slip. The literature means to say "prescribed".
	The outfit that sells this oil is located in the United States. It seems that the literature is saying that only if the oil component is from Israel, then only then is the product "authentic". Notice the words "carrier oil"? It sounds like this company needed to preserve its monopoly -- at least somewhat by saying that non-Israeli oil would be less authentic. The Torah, however, assures us that that if the recipe is made by anyone with any ingredients from anywhere with a non-Levitical use in mind, that it will surely bring down the judgment of excision anyway. To return to the main point. Those who promote duplication of the biblical anointing oil argue that everyone is a sanctified priest now. I would like to point out that what is unsanctified is the deceptive argument that would have us believe that YHWH has changed his mind about the commandment because "all the the congregation of Israel is holy" now. That was Korah's argument. Korah was destroyed by fire. It does not matter if the promoter of such common uses of the holy anointing oil call themselves "Cohen" or "Rabbi" or use the name of Yeshua. Wasn't Korah a great leader? But the levites and the priests in ancient times also led Israel astray. So be on guard against the leaven of the "Rabbis".