anointing

We’re not anointing kings and queens.

Maybe not quite up there with anointing himself as the Special One or the Antonio Conte match-fixing riposte, but a worthy equal of his 'respect, respect, respect' effort of late 2018 when he was United boss.

By speaking in tongues, throwing their hands up to the sky, singing God’s praises, anointing people with oil, blowing shofars, and calling upon God’s authority to defeat demons, neo-charismatics are commanding and assisting angels in the spiritual realm.

Jentezen Franklin, the pastor of a Southern megachurch, compared the moment with Moses’ anointing Aaron as his high priest in Leviticus because the book mentions placing blood on Aaron’s ear.

He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.