Oil and the Holy Spirit

[aron]

Re: my previous post (#9):

In Exodus 25:6 there is "oil for light" and "oil for anointing". Later (e.g. Leviticus) we see verses where anointing oil is put on priests, and in Luke 4:18 it talks of the Spirit of God being on Jesus, anointing Him to preach the gospel etc. And Acts 10:38 has Peter saying "...how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power" etc.

But is the oil of Matthew 25 "oil for light" or "oil for anointing"? Seems the former. Why did Exodus distinguish the two? Obviously they are different.

And Genesis 31:13 does say that Jacob anointed the pillar with oil. But the parable of the virgins in Matthew 25 has oil for light. In Revelation 1 through 3 the seven spirits/angels ascending and descending to the seven churches are "burning before the throne" Angels are stars, and they are burning. They are before the throne (Rev 8:2, cf Luke 1:19). Seven lamps are also burning before the throne. Angels are ascending and descending (i.e. heaven to earth, and earth to heaven). See my previous comments re: Jesus' promise in John 1:51. He doesn't mention the Holy Spirit, but angels.

And in Matthew 25:31 Jesus said, "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne."

Matthew 16:27 "For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done."

2 Thess 1:7 "...and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels."

No mention of the Holy Spirit here, but the fiery angels. "He makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flaming fire". ~Heb 1:7; Psa 104:4

All of which tells me that our neat, simple formulas of theological construction founder when they're exposed to the complexities of scriptural text. So my theology is this: I'm a sinner. I believe into and confess the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. May God have mercy on me, and on all who hear this word. Amen.