SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE 26b

Hello everyone, welcome to another exciting edition of the Spiritual Weapons of Warfare. Today, I will be teaching about
THE NAME OF JESUS.
I trust God to do a very rich and highly qualitative teaching on this subject. Today, I am going to be sharing some insights that I got about the name of Jesus from the   Song of Songs 1 vs. 3-
'Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee'

First of all,  understand that the Old Testament is the New Testament CONCEALED and the New Testament is the Old Testament REVEALED.
 King Solomon wrote over 1000 songs but, the song we are looking at is the choicest of the songs. That is why it is called; THE SONG OF SONGS.
It describes the love of Christ for His bride (individual members in d Body of Christ).
 To understand the Figurative expression used here for the NAME OF JESUS, we have to study the preparation of the OINTMENT(The HOLY ANOINTING OIL) in the Old Testament Ex. 30 vs. 22-25. Please, note that this write up has NOTHING to do with the usage of what is popularly called ANOINTING OIL in some nowadays churches. Many of such churches have entered into  extremes in the usage of the oil.
 The challenge with this practice of using oil and aprons is that it 'draws attention to things and men' other than God. People become addicted to THINGS other than God. This is not to play down the mighty testimonies that have come from them but, our focus should be on God. This position us for power demonstration in the days where the mantles, water, aprons and oil will be irrelevant or unavailable. May God give you understanding.

Exo  30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  30:23 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,
  30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
30:25 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.

 THE HOLY ANOINTING OIL as described in Exodus 30 typifies CHRIST AS THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.1Cor.15:45.
At resurrection, Christ became boundless and limitless; He became a being capable of multi existence. Remember that his disciples couldn't recognize Him until He revealed Himself.
The Holy Anointing Oil is concocted after the order of the Apothecary-like a pharmacist preparing a DRUG.

The Holy Anointing Oil consist of Olive Oil(a symbol of the ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT) + FOUR PRINCIPAL SPICES compounded after d art of Apothecary such that the smell of it is completely different from what is common.
God warned that whoever put it on a stranger or make anything with like it will die. Ex. 30: 33. This shows how sacred it is.
 These FOUR principal spices have New Testament meanings which we are going to consider one after the other.

A. MYRRH: it typifies d suffering and the death of Jesus. Myrrh as a spice is used for embalmment.
What does this mean?
 The death of Jesus released the blood of Jesus which is the basis of our purchase from the kingdom of Darkness. More insight will come subsequently along this line.
The blood of Jesus neutralizes EVERY CLAIM OF DARKNESS OVER US. So, when you call the name of Jesus, the testimony of your redemption is registered before the Devil in whatever realm/plane in the spirit. It is a mark of TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED.
 May God gives U understanding. So, when you call the name of Jesus with revelation, the significance of THE SUFFERING AND DEATH OF CHRIST TRAVELS WITH YOUR DECLARATIONS. Hallelujah!

 'Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee'

 B. SWEET CALAMUS: it typifies the resurrection and d quickening power of the Spirit. The name of Jesus brings the receipt of our full payment and freedom from all the works of d Devil. It means when you call the name of Jesus with faith, whatever is dead or perishing CAN COME ALIVE BECAUSE THE POWER THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS TRAVELLING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT TO KICK EVERY DEATH OFF. This is basis of raising people back from the dead. As a matter of fact, everyone that raise anybody from in the PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DOES SO WITH THE RESURRECTION POWER. I think I need to include it in this series. Time is not on my side. Do you know this power has been existing before the foundation of the world? Selah!

 'Because of the savour of thy ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee'

C. SWEET CINNAMON: it is a fragrance of life. Eternal Life is now made available through His name. It is on this basis that ZOE BECAME OUR PRESENT DAY POSSESSION. I don't have time to talk very well about Zoe but know that IT IS AN ABSOLUTE (can neither increase nor decrease), INDESTRUCTIBLE LIFE OF GOD. It is the source of every other life. It is life in its purest form.

 'Because of the savour of thy ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee'.

 Notice that we have 'Sweet Calamus' and 'Sweet Cinnamon' in the spices. The two of them are adding double sweet smell to the Holy Anointing Oil overflowing with the kindness, gentleness and love of Christ.

 D. CASSIA: it typifies the humility of Christ. It typifies Christ as being stripped of pride and set apart for sacred use.
So, when you call the name of Jesus, the Holy Spirit moves with ALL THE STRENGTHS and EFFECTIVENESS OF THE New Testament CONNOTATIONS OF THE HOLY ANOINTING OIL. This is the reason the name of Jesus can never just be a punctuation mark in spiritual dialogue.

 'Because of the savour of thy ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee'
Notice the words 'POURED FORTH'- It means when you call/invoke THE NAME OF JESUS, all the things THE NAME represent are poured out/released/ given WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS/GIVEN ABUNDANTLY.
 I pray that God will bring all the readers into the experiential knowledge(EPIGNOSIS) of this truth in Jesus' name. Amen. Read it over and over again and SHARE IT.
Tomorrow, I will consider some other aspects of the name of Jesus.
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