This thread was started as a fork from: Messiah
If you know something about the messiah, then what is the oil for? The messiah is anointed with oil but why? The term 'Messiah' means "Covered with oil." Why? Why not pomegranate juice? Why covered? Why not just lightly spritzed? Why not scrubbed with hand towels? If you don't know why oil is used to describe this very, very, very important person, then maybe you should ask yourself if you really know what a messiah is. It is always possible for things to hide in plain site. Maybe this is one of those situations? Why oil?
If you know something about the messiah, then what is the oil for? The messiah is anointed with oil but why? The term 'Messiah' means "Covered with oil." Why? Why not pomegranate juice? Why covered? Why not just lightly spritzed? Why not scrubbed with hand towels? If you don't know why oil is used to describe this very, very, very important person, then maybe you should ask yourself if you really know what a messiah is. It is always possible for things to hide in plain site. Maybe this is one of those situations? Why oil?