- Blessing and Life Forever
Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
For there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore.
“The Lord commands the blessing” sounds even more convincing than “the Lord promises the blessing.” But it is a promise of eternal life for that is the blessing. It is in the anointing oil that the Lord promises life forevermore. The anointing oil used for the anointing of the High Priest Aaron is used as a simile for brothers dwelling in unity: it is a good and pleasant thing.
The physical, tangible anointing oil is the metaphor for the spiritual, invisible Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the anointing that drips upon a person who is set apart for a particular role, like High Priest (Jesus was filled with the Spirit to become our High Priest, bringing us to God in heaven). In and through the Holy Spirit the Lord commands (promises) the blessing, eternal life.
When a person is baptized and believes in Jesus the Holy Spirit enters and fills him: there (HS in us) God promises eternal life. HS is the eternal life of God united to our spirit, making us eternal. The eternal life we have is the life of God united to our life; eternal life lives now, today, and in the future, forever. The life of God by nature never ends, for God cannot die (unless he becomes a sinful human), and if I believe in Christ I also cannot die. This command and promise is guaranteed.