The Double Function of Unction for Action
There is a sound in the earth today that has not been heard since the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. It is the sound of restoration. It is the sound of the double. It is the sound of unction-the chrism, the anointing, the very smearing of divine enablement upon human vessels-that produces supernatural action in the realm of time and space.
The Hebrew word for unction is mishchah(from mashach, to anoint), referring to the sacred oil of consecration poured upon priests and kings. The Greek word is chrisma (1 John 2:20, 27), the abiding anointing from the Holy One that teaches all things. The Aramaic Peshitta uses mshikhuta, the anointing that marks the elect of God for service and dominion.
This book is built upon a singular conviction: that the Word of God carries a double function. Every promise contains both a word of faith (rhema) and a word of power (dunamis). The word spoken by the mouth of God accomplishes two things simultaneously: it restores what was lost and it establishes what is to come. This is the double function. And when that double word is joined with unction-the abiding anointing of the Holy Spirit-it produces action that reshapes reality itself.
Deuteronomy 8:18 declares: "But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power (koach, Hebrew; dunamin, Greek LXX; khayla, Aramaic Peshitta) to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant." The word koach is the inherent capacity-vigor, force, ability-planted in the redeemed to produce material substance. The Greek dunamincarries the explosive potential of miraculous power. The Aramaic khayladenotes an army-strength force, a might deployed from the heavenly armoury into the hands of the obedient.
The 153 words compiled in this volume are not mere vocabulary exercises. They are 153 loaded chambers of the divine artillery-each word a key, a seed, a detonation of heaven's intent into earth's atmosphere. The number 153 itself, drawn from John 21:11 where the net was not broken though full to bursting, represents the completeness of the harvest, the fullness of the catch, the totality of divine provision that leaves nothing behind and loses nothing in transit.
We stand at the threshold of the Millennium Challenge-the preparation of the sons of God for their full manifestation (Romans 8:19). The four battles of life stand before us: the battle against poverty, the battle against disease, the battle against sudden death, and the battle against spiritual ignorance. But for every battle there is a corresponding victory, and Christ has already won each one. Through faith, will, helpfulness, and love divine, these four victories are handed to all creation
