The scent of Holy

I opened my Bible this morning and found that the pages still smell like anointing oil from yesterday's baptism (frankincense and myrrh). 

...Holiness tends to linger, doesn't it?

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· Scriptural Images for anointing oil:

  Exodus 30:22-30 (God commands special oil for marking things as holy in the tabernacle)

·         Psalm 45:7, Hebrews 1:9 –Old testament and New testament image for anointing with “oil of gladness”

·         Psalm 23:5 -- who doesn’t love the 23^rd Psalm? There’s anointing here, too.

·         Luke 4:18, Isaiah 61:1 –Jesus Christ, the anointed one. Notice that he is anointed in order to do good works. Izzy will be anointed in order to participate in Christ’s work.

·         **2 Corinthians 1:21-22** This is the perfect image for baptismal anointing: God marks and seals us in Christ by the Spirit.
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