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Anointed, Anointing
- Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1

Anointed Christians
- Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
- Heavenly Life

Anointed
- Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985

Anointed Christians
- Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985

We Will Go With You (‎64 occurrences)
- The “Jew” here represents those whom God has anointed by holy spirit.
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  They know that Jehovah has blessed this group of anointed ones and feel that it is an honor to worship him along with them.
- w20 January pp. 26-31 - The Watchtower (Study)—2020

“We Want to Go With You” (‎62 occurrences)
- How should anointed Christians feel about themselves?—1 Corinthians 4:6-8.
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  The “Jew” represents those whom God has anointed by holy spirit.
- ws16 January pp. 20-26 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2016

“The Spirit Itself Bears Witness” (‎48 occurrences)
- They become the first to be anointed by holy spiritb and given the hope of ruling with Jesus in heaven.
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  WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE IS ANOINTED?
- w20 January pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower (Study)—2020

The Spirit Bears Witness With Our Spirit (‎46 occurrences)
- WHAT DO THESE SCRIPTURES TEACH US ABOUT HOW SOMEONE BECOMES ANOINTED?
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  On Pentecost of the year 33, God gave those Christians his holy spirit, and they were anointed. (Acts 1:8)
- ws16 January pp. 14-19 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2016

Jehovah’s Witnesses Endure for His Sovereign Godship (‎45 occurrences)
- The Devil, wanting still more of an answer to his challenge against Jehovah, has kept up a campaign of hostility and false accusation against Jesus’ true anointed footstep followers down through the centuries.
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  ² In fact, at the very time that Christ Jesus was being enthroned as King of the heavenly kingdom in 1914 (Dan. 7:13, 14), Satan was permitted to enforce a grueling ‘Babylonish-like captivity’ upon the anointed remnant on earth from 1914 to 1919.a
- w66 9/15 pp. 553-561 - The Watchtower—1966

“We Want to Go With You” (‎42 occurrences)
- How should anointed Christians feel about themselves?—1 Cor. 4:6-8.
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  They are proud to associate with the spirit-anointed “Israel of God,” knowing that Jehovah is blessing his anointed ones.—Gal. 6:16.
- w16 January pp. 22-27 - The Watchtower (Study)—2016

Will You “Keep on the Watch”? (‎40 occurrences)
- How have the anointed applied the counsel of Jesus’ parable about the ten virgins?
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  (2) How have faithful anointed ones applied the parable’s counsel, and what are the results?
- ws15 3/15 pp. 9-14 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2015

“Ministers of Our God” and Their Assistants Today (‎40 occurrences)
- To work for such a thing would have been in vain, for the anointed Jesus taught his apostles that “the day of vengeance on the part of our God” was to come upon the Jews, which did come in 70-73 C.E. by means of the Roman legions, and reduce the province of Judea to a devastated condition.
  ...
  But did the anointed Jesus apply the prophecy of Isaiah 61:4 to that past accomplishment on the literal land of Judah?
- w78 7/1 pp. 21-29 - The Watchtower—1978

Rejoicing in Our Hope (‎35 occurrences)
- Why do we know that there is joy in heaven when one of the anointed keeps his integrity until death?
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  How is the hope of the other sheep connected with that of the anointed?
- ws12 3/15 pp. 15-20 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2012

‘The Faithful Slave’ Passes the Test! (‎34 occurrences)
- Since those early days, a few other anointed individuals have shown a similar bad spirit, identifying themselves with the “evil slave.”
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  6. (a) How did Jesus illustrate the discretion of his faithful slave class? (b) Before 1914, what message did anointed Christians proclaim?
  
  ⁶ After speaking of “that evil slave,” Jesus gave two parables to show why some anointed Christians would prove to be faithful and discreet while others would not.b
- w04 3/1 pp. 13-18 - The Watchtower—2004

Will You “Keep on the Watch”? (‎33 occurrences)
- How have the anointed applied the message of Jesus’ parable concerning the ten virgins?
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  (2) How have faithful anointed ones applied the parable’s counsel, and with what results?
- w15 3/15 pp. 12-16 - The Watchtower—2015

Learn From the Illustration of the Talents (‎33 occurrences)
- 1, 2. Why did Jesus tell the parable of the talents?
  
  JESUS told the parable of the talents to make clear to his anointed followers what their responsibility is.
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  The first parable is about the faithful slave, the small group of anointed ones who have the responsibility to teach Jehovah’s people.
- ws15 3/15 pp. 17-23 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2015

“Spirit of Life from God Entered into Them” (‎32 occurrences)
- 20. (a) Was that loud proclamation news for heaven only? (b) In view of Jesus’ prediction, there now arose a need for whom?
  
  ²⁰ That loudly proclaimed announcement, “The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever,” deserves to be reechoed now on earth by Jehovah’s anointed witnesses.
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  The remnant of his anointed disciples were the ones assigned to undertake the preaching from the time of their spiritual reviving in 1919 onward.—Matthew 24:14; Mark 13:10; Romans 10:14, 15; note Isaiah 32:15.
- hs chap. 8 pp. 138-162 - Holy Spirit (hs)

Rejoicing in Our Hope (‎31 occurrences)
- Why do we know that there is joy in heaven when one of the anointed maintains a life course of integrity?
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  How is the realization of the hope of the other sheep related to that of the anointed?
- w12 3/15 pp. 20-24 - The Watchtower—2012

Counted Worthy to Receive a Kingdom (‎31 occurrences)
- 4, 5. (a) Who is the primary part of the seed of Abraham, and what did he say about the Kingdom? (b) When was the hope to be part of the Kingdom arrangement opened up?
  
  ⁴ The primary part of the seed of Abraham turned out to be Jesus, who in 29 C.E. was anointed with holy spirit and became the promised Messiah, or Christ. (Gal. 3:16)
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  8. What blessings are opened up to members of Abraham’s seed?
  
  ⁸ Anointed Christians are declared righteous because they exercise faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. (Rom. 3:24, 28)
- w08 1/15 pp. 20-24 - The Watchtower—2008

Theocratic Administration in the Christian Era (‎31 occurrences)
- ² During the first world war, anointed Christians performed powerful works, just as Moses and Elijah had done.b (Revelation 11:5, 6)
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  The remnant of these anointed Christians are today the nucleus of the new world society of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
- w97 5/15 pp. 15-20 - The Watchtower—1997

Anointed, Anointing (‎30 occurrences)
- ANOINTED, ANOINTING
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  When a person was anointed with oil, the oil was put on his head and allowed to run down on his beard and onto the collar of his garments. (Ps 133:2)
- it-1 “Anointed, Anointing” - Insight, Volume 1

Identifying True Worshipers in the Time of the End (‎30 occurrences)
- Yes, Jehovah is very protective of his faithful anointed ones.
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  Psalm 105:14, 15 tells us: “On their account [Jehovah] reproved kings, saying: ‘Do not you men touch my anointed ones, and to my prophets do nothing bad.’”
- dp chap. 17 pp. 286-305 - Daniel’s Prophecy (dp)

Theocracy Triumphs over All the Nations (‎30 occurrences)
- Down till the year 607 B.C.E., “Jehovah’s throne” used to be there in Jerusalem, it being a material throne occupied by an anointed royal descendant of David with whom Jehovah made a covenant for an everlasting kingdom in his family line.
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  In the year 33 C.E., when Jesus, the spirit-anointed descendant of King David, rode in a triumphal procession into Jerusalem, that city did not want him as King.
- pm chap. 21 pp. 365-394 - Paradise Restored (pm)

Anointed, Anointing (‎30 occurrences)
- ANOINTED, ANOINTING
  ...
  However, the term is used in the Bible almost exclusively with regard to being anointed with oil in a sacred or ceremonial way.
- ad pp. 82-83 - Aid (ad)

“Who Really Is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?” (‎28 occurrences)
- Since then, the slave is all anointed Christians as a group who live on earth at any one time.
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  The domestics are these anointed ones as individuals.
- ws13 7/15 pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2013

“Who Really Is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?” (‎28 occurrences)
- The slave represents all anointed Christians on earth as a group at any one time since then.
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  The domestics refer to the same anointed ones as individuals.
- w13 7/15 pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower—2013

Are You Heeding the Warnings? (‎27 occurrences)
- 3. When will Jesus judge people?
  
  Your answer
  
  ³ In the parable of the sheep and the goats, Jesus described the judgment of people who have the opportunity to respond to the good news and to support his anointed brothers. (Matt. 25:31-46)
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  Just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, Jesus will separate those who loyally support his anointed followers from those who do not.
- w24 September pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower (Study)—2024

Why We Attend the Memorial (‎27 occurrences)
- Let us start by considering some reasons why the anointed attend.
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  WHY ANOINTED ONES ATTEND
- w22 January pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower (Study)—2022

The Barren Woman Rejoices (‎27 occurrences)
- At Pentecost 33 C.E., about 120 of Jesus’ followers were anointed with holy spirit, thereby being adopted as Christ’s joint heirs.
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  Particularly since 1919, her anointed “offspring” have flourished in their newly restored spiritual condition. (Isaiah 61:4; 66:8)
- ip-2 chap. 15 pp. 215-231 - Isaiah’s Prophecy II (ip-2)

Rejoice Over the Marriage of the Lamb! (‎26 occurrences)
- Instead, she represents the entire group of 144,000 anointed Christians.
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  Jesus is the Head of this anointed congregation. (Read Ephesians 5:23, 24.)
- ws14 2/15 pp. 9-14 - The Watchtower (Simplified)—2014

They “Keep Following the Lamb” (‎26 occurrences)
- After being anointed with holy spirit, they continued to submit to Jesus’ direction.—Acts 16:7-10.
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  2. (a) Who is “the faithful and discreet slave,” or “the faithful steward”? (b) How has the slave established a fine record of “following the Lamb”?
  
  ² What can be said about the anointed Christians in modern times?
- w09 2/15 pp. 24-28 - The Watchtower—2009

Gathering Things in Heaven and Things on Earth (‎26 occurrences)
- These 144,000 anointed Christians are “bought from the earth,” “bought from among mankind,” to be joint heirs with Christ in his heavenly Kingdom.—Revelation 5:9, 10; 14:3, 4; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:11; 3:6.
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  3. How can it be said that anointed ones are ‘seated in the heavenly places’ even while on earth?
  
  ³ Anointed Christians are brought forth, or born again, by the holy spirit to become Jehovah’s spiritual sons. (John 1:12, 13; 3:5-7)
- w06 2/15 pp. 21-25 - The Watchtower—2006

What Does the Lord’s Evening Meal Mean to You? (‎26 occurrences)
- God has reserved that privilege for individuals he has anointed with holy spirit to be “joint heirs with Christ.” (Romans 8:14-18; 1 John 2:20)
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  7. Why did first-century Christians know that they should partake of the Memorial emblems?
  
  ⁷ True Christians in the first century were anointed by holy spirit.
- w03 2/15 pp. 17-22 - The Watchtower—2003

Have You Received “the Spirit of the Truth”? (‎26 occurrences)
- The holy spirit thus empowered those early Christians to act as a collective “faithful and discreet slave” to supply individual anointed Christians with spiritual “food at the proper time.”—Matthew 24:45.
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  For them to have this heavenly hope, they would be “born from the spirit” as spiritual sons of God and be anointed to serve as kings and priests with Christ in heaven.—John 3:5-8; 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22; Titus 3:5-7; 1 Peter 1:3, 4; Revelation 20:6.
- w02 2/1 pp. 19-23 - The Watchtower—2002

“The Israel of God” and the “Great Crowd” (‎26 occurrences)
- Its anointed members have the hope of being immortal spirit creatures and ruling with Christ in God’s heavenly Kingdom. (1 Corinthians 15:50, 53, 54)
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  In 1919 genuine anointed Christians came out of Babylonish captivity.
- w95 7/1 pp. 14-19 - The Watchtower—1995

The First One Anointed with Holy Spirit and Power (‎26 occurrences)
- The First One Anointed with Holy Spirit and Power
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  1, 2. (a) The promised Messiah was to be anointed by whom and with what? (b) What prophecy of Isaiah was he to quote and apply to himself?
  
  KINGS and high priests of ancient Israel were anointed to office by the pouring of official oil upon the head.
- hs chap. 5 pp. 81-103 - Holy Spirit (hs)

Priests for Ten Centuries with No Scheming Priestcraft (‎26 occurrences)
- This antitypical sacrificing High Priest is the Lord Jesus, anointed with God’s holy spirit to be a spiritual high priest.
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  His thus becoming the Messiah or Anointed One at the age of thirty years occurred three and a half years before his sacrificial death for the sins of mankind. (Daniel 9:24, 25, 27; Luke 3:21-23)
- ka chap. 6 pp. 83-116 - God’s Kingdom Has Approached (ka)

What Has God’s Kingdom Been Doing Since 1914? (‎26 occurrences)
- Bear in mind that the title “Christ” means “Anointed One” and corresponds with the Hebrew word “Messiah.”
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  In lamenting over him, the prophet Jeremiah said: “The very breath of our nostrils, the anointed one [the Messiah] of Jehovah, has been captured in their large pit, the one of whom we have said: ‘In his shade we shall live among the nations.’”—Lam. 4:20; Hebrew text.
- w66 10/15 pp. 613-626 - The Watchtower—1966

Righteousness Sprouts in Zion (‎25 occurrences)
- 4. Who is commissioned to tell good news in the first fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1, and who in the second?
  
  ⁴ Isaiah writes: “The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones.
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  Yes, Jesus was sent forth to tell good news to the meek, and to this end he was anointed with holy spirit at his baptism.—Matthew 3:16, 17.
- ip-2 chap. 22 pp. 321-334 - Isaiah’s Prophecy II (ip-2)

Dwellers Together in a Restored “Land” (‎25 occurrences)
- ² Similar to proselytes in Israel, the “great crowd” today have said to the anointed remnant: “We will go with you people, for we have heard that God is with you people.” (Revelation 7:9; Zechariah 8:23)
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  They recognize that these anointed Christians are Jehovah’s “faithful and discreet slave,” and they work so closely with them that the anointed and the “other sheep” are “one flock, one shepherd.” (Matthew 24:45-47; John 10:16)
- w95 7/1 pp. 20-25 - The Watchtower—1995

Appointed as a Watchman to Christendom (‎25 occurrences)
- 8. Ezekiel’s experience with the scroll was taken as a model for what, and whose experience did it prefigure?
  
  ⁸ Since Ezekiel’s experience was taken as a model of John’s experience, it indicates that Ezekiel’s experience was prophetic, prefiguring not John’s experience, but the experience of the same class today as was represented by the apostle John, namely, the anointed remnant of Jehovah’s Christian witnesses.
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  10. In connection with the anointed remnant of Jehovah’s servants, what did that “roll of a book” picture, and how did the remnant eat it and with what effect?
  
  ¹⁰ Similarly in the year 1919 C.E., the “roll of a book” that the anointed remnant of Jehovah’s dedicated servants ate up did not picture the book of Ezekiel.
- kj chap. 5 pp. 72-92 - ‘Know Jehovah’ (kj)

Christ (‎25 occurrences)
- [Gr., Khri·stosʹ, anointed; the Anointed One].
- ad pp. 314-316 - Aid (ad)

Anointed Christians (‎24 occurrences)
- ANOINTED CHRISTIANS
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  attitude of others toward anointed: w20.01 28-29; w20.12 30; w16.01 24-25; w09 6/15 23-24
- dx86-26 - Index 1986-2026

Christ (‎24 occurrences)
- This title from the Greek Khri·stosʹ is equivalent to the Hebrew Ma·shiʹach, “Messiah; Anointed One.” (Compare Mt 2:4, ftn.)
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  However, at his birth, Jesus was not yet the Anointed One or Christ.
- it-1 “Christ” - Insight, Volume 1

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