The Hebrew word for ‘anointing’ is ‘mischah’ which means ‘smearing’. Literally the oil flows down from the head to the garments (Psalm 133). It takes a lot of oil to do that.
The Greek word for ‘anointing’ is ‘chrisma’ which means ‘a rubbing in’. There is a ‘rubbing in’, a tangible impartation of the substance of the anointing upon a person when they are anointed.
The Anointing can be stored like a battery. When we speak under the anointing, a deposit of the Spirit of God is stored in our spirit.
The anointing is a substance of the power and presence of God. It can be stored and transmitted. The substance of the anointing was so ‘rubbed into’ Elisha that even after he died, his bones still contained the substance of the anointing. When a dead man touched his bones, the dead man was resurrected! (2 Kings 13:21).
Elisha was dead and so was the man. This miracle took place solely based on the power inherent in the substance of the anointing which was still present in Elisha’s bones.
The substance of the anointing was transmitted from Paul’s hands into the handkerchiefs and aprons which were ‘charged’ with the power of God. Many times, in Jesus’ ministry, the anointing would be so great that His clothing was literally charged with the power of God. Those who touched His garments received miracles (Mark 5:27-30; 6:56).
The ability of the anointing of God flowing through any substance is dependent on the level of anointing imparted rather than on the materiality of the substance. We cannot limit God’s power to certain substances. Although cloth seems to absorb it better.
The problem is not in the ability of the anointing but on the level of the anointing. There are levels or degrees of the anointing.
Some people are only wired to function at a low level of anointing because they do not pay the price to be better conductors. The more time we spend in the presence of God, the higher level of anointing we can move in.
One of the most difficult things for the human soul in the preparation for the anointing is that nobody seems to notice your obedience but God. However, the desire to be noticed and recognized must die for it is a manifestation of the self-life. Human being like to talk about themselves and what they do. Let the time you spend in building up your spirit, and worshiping God, waiting on God, meditating on the Word, intercession be done in your closet, the then God will show it forth in your public life.
The word ‘glory’ in Hebrew comes from the word ‘kabod’. The root meaning of the Hebrew word ‘kabod’ means ‘weight’ or ‘heaviness’. In the New Testament the word ‘glory’ is translated from the word ‘doxa’ which means ‘appearance, manifestation, magnificence, radiance.
The glory of God has substance. Paul speaks of the eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17).
The anointing of God is a manifestation of the power of God while the glory of God is a manifestation of His divine nature. The power of God and the presence of God are inseparable because God does not demonstrate His power without His presence. When the Holy Spirit has come upon you (His presence), you shall receive power (His anointing) – Acts 1:8. Mark 16:17 reads – And these signs (His power) shall follow those who believe in My Name (His presence).
The anointing of God is the tangible manifestation of God’s power while the glory of God is the manifestation of God’s person and attributes. Both are manifestations. Both are touchable. Both have degrees or levels of manifestation. Both are of a heavenly materiality. Both are manifested together inseparably, just as God’s attributes and power are inseparable parts of His being. The manifestation of the anointing of God is in direct proportion to the manifestation of the glory of God.
When Moses asked to see God’s glory, God showed His divine attributes of mercy, grace, longsuffering, goodness, and truth (Exodus 33:18; 34:6).
Anyone who desires to manifest God’s glory must develop the attributes of God in their life. As we behold in a mirror the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). Moses’ face shone after he saw just the back parts of God’s glory (Exodus 34:30). And he was not aware of it, because his focus was directly upon God.
Only when we are conscious of God, can his glory shine through us. The amount of the glory of God we issue forth is directly proportional to our consciousness of God.
The degree of Anointing manifest is proportional to the degree of glory manifest.
The glory of God can manifest in degrees (2 Corinthians 3:18). In the dedication of Solomon’s temple, the glory of God was so strongly demonstrated that they could not continue to minister (2 Chronicles 5:14). The glory of God was so thick that nobody could enter in (2 Chronicles 7:1-3). The glory of God manifested and increased in degree.
We should learn to be sensitive to the varying levels of the glory of God in manifestation. According to the level of God’s glory manifested, we can function easily in the anointing.
Sometimes in a meeting, everyone’s concentration is so perfectly upon the attributes of God that the glory of God comes into manifestation.