Thursday, February 21, 2013

Olivet Nazarene University, Olivet University and Olivet Oil

Olivet Nazarene University has its name so similar to Olivet University, so that I am quite interested in learning how Olivet Nazarene University is.


When go to their fast facts page,  I am happy to find they are Christian University also, backup by a service of the Church of the Nazarene, theologically grounded in the Wesleyan tradition.
In fact, Olivet is an oil that is so special in Bible, they must known this too so that they picked this name. Olivet oil is used to anoint the King. So if human can repent, man should accept Jesus as King by anointing him with Olivet oil, but sadly , as we know, Jesus was crucified and rejected.
Gethsemane is the place who is used to produce Olivet oil and it is the place where Jesus prayed before going to the cross (Luke 22:43–44)




It is hard to image how Jesus feel when he was at Gethsemane, where he should be anointed by people with the oil that place produces. However , he knew man is so disobey and evil so that he has to go to the cross. However, he believes that, even this evil, God will turn this into his glory, as we know later, Jesus resurrected.

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