In the Bible, oil marks a person as chosen for God’s work and filled with his Spirit to do it. It also stands for healing, for light and for joy. It is nearly always olive oil, and the titles Messiah and Christ both mean “the anointed one”. The first time oil is poured in Scripture, it is poured on a stone. Jacob woke from his dream of the ladder, “took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and…

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