Through God's grace, our sinless Savior is able to do what sinful men were unable to do. Human kings within the Davidic line fell short, but Christ Jesus is our ultimate reconciler, and He has provided us with a model of obedience and love.

The anointing of Jesus points to His ability to mediate where men failed. The program for God's kingdom, including Israel, will be brought to fruition by Christ.

~ Second of three blogs on theocratic annointing ~ Through His Holy Spirit, Yahweh provided theocratic anointing to specific people to enable them to engage in theocratic tasks, primarily as His human representatives for the leadership of Israel. After Joshua passed away, Yahweh raised up judges in the Promised Land ( Judges 2:16 ). In all, twelve ruled until the time of the monarchy through theocratic anointing. Four judges are recorded as receiving the anointing, but it is

Reflecting on God’s design for marriage, we can never imagine the beauty that was displayed in the Garden of Eden before man’s fall.