Ben Avraham
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What I say is 'Look at the scripture carefully'. The Mary incident (John 11:1,2) was not Mary Magdalene, but Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus. Jesus was anointed as Messiah by his heavenly Father at the river Jordan, after John had administered baptism with water. So what was Mary doing? Scripture tells us. John 12:1-7 gives us the context, and verse 7 the answer. 'Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.'Kept what? She had kept the spikenard, a costly oil, to anoint the dead body of Jesus. So Jesus had received the heavenly anointing, as did David, and then an earthly anointing before ascending to his throne in heaven. I have just read Exodus 19:5,6. I have done so carefully. Verse 5 says, 'Now therefore, if ye will obey my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.' Verse 5 begins with 'IF' and the blessing is therefore conditional on obedience. The word 'AND' (verse 6) indicates a passage of time. This tells me that the 'choosing' and the 'anointing' did not happen simultaneously. Why would the Lord feel the need for a NEW covenant if the old had been sufficient? It's the new covenant that allows Israel to become a kingdom of priests. And I'm sorry to have to inform you, but the new covenant includes Jews and Gentiles together in one body.
Show me the evidence that the New Covenant includes the Gentiles together with the Jews in one body. Jeremiah was quite clear that the New Covenant would be with the House of Israel and the House of Judah if you read Jeremiah 31:31. The only difference between the Old and the New Covenants is that the Old one was taught by the Priests, Prophets and Scribes. The New Covenant was organized by Ezra so that we all would have it written in our own hearts and it was available to us in our own mouth if you read Deuteronomy 30:11-14. Regarding the anointing of Jesus, it is a thing of the NT. Nothing to do with the gospel of Jesus which was the Tanach. I am of the firm belief that the gospels of the NT were written by Hellenists, some former disciples of Paul.