Oil of Joy

“You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions. All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia.

Psalm 45: 7-8. The Oil of Joy cost Jesus everything. He was stripped (Cassia), wounded for our trans-gressions (Aloes) to the point of death (Myrrh).

“He will grant to those who mourn in Zion a garland instead of ashes, and the Oil of Joy instead of mourning. Is 61: 3