George Warnock — Numerology
b7 — Crowned With Oil (7 chapters)
Seven as the order of coronation (7 chapters)
The work consists of seven chapters, each a phase in the spiritual development of Christ’s priesthood and coronation:
- Reigning in Life — the Kingdom as a spiritual reality
- The Character of the Kingdom — righteousness, peace, joy (Rom. 14:17)
- Exhaustless Oil — the parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-13)
- The Consecration of the Priest — Aaron and Joshua, sanctification for service
- Ingredients of the Holy Oil — five components of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:23-25)
- Urim and Thummim — the breastplate, wisdom and communion
- The More Excellent Ministry in the Heavens — Christ’s coronation in the heavens (Heb. 8:6)
In chapter 3 Warnock refers to Zech. 4:2-3:
“And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof” (crowned3.html, §Union with the Source). 1
Warnock connects the seven lamps and seven pipes with an inexhaustible supply of anointing oil from the two olive trees — Christ and His church as “sons of the oil” (sons of light).
Interpretation: Warnock does not explicate the symbolism of the number seven as such in this work, but the sevenfold structure (7 chapters, 7 lamps, 7 pipes) functions as an implicit order of fullness. The sevenfold gifts of the Spirit (Isa. 11:2) are not mentioned, but the structure breathes the sevenfold fullness of God’s Spirit.
Ten virgins (number 10)
In chapter 3 Warnock treats the parable of the ten virgins:
“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps” (Matt. 25:1-13, crowned3.html, §Exhaustless Oil… But None To Spare). 1
Warnock applies it directly to the present time: it is a warning concerning the “hour of trial” (Rev. 3:10) that is to come. The ten virgins represent the professing church-body that waits for the bridegroom, but is divided into wise (with oil = with Spirit) and foolish (without oil = without fresh supply of the Spirit).
Interpretation: The number 10 functions here not as a tithe or a number of fullness, but as the full extent of the waiting church-body. The subdivision 5+5 stresses the moral cleavage within the visible church-whole — a pattern that within the five wise/foolish virgins themselves invokes the symbolism of 5 (ministry, grace).
Two olive trees (number 2)
Zech. 4:2-3 is extensively cited in chapter 3 as a type of Christ and His church in unity of anointing-oil supply:
“And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof” (crowned3.html, §Union with the Source). 1
Warnock: “God’s ‘olive trees’ were the anointed ones. It was Christ — but it was Christ in oneness with His many brethren. They were the sons of the oil, sons of the anointing — and through them there was an inexhaustible supply of oil for the lamp of God.” 1
In chapter 4 Warnock mentions the two rams of the consecration offering:
“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread” (Lev. 8:2, crowned4.html, §The Consecration of the Priest). 1
Interpretation: Warnock builds on his earlier interpretation of “two” as the number of corporateness (see b4). The two olive trees are not two separate entities but one unity of anointing-oil supply. The two rams of the consecration (Lev. 8) complete the picture: a twofold priesthood (Aaron + sons) as one body before God.
Five wise and five foolish virgins (number 5)
The division of the ten virgins into five wise and five foolish is mentioned twice in chapter 3:
“And five of them were wise, and five were foolish” (Matt. 25:2, crowned3.html, §Exhaustless Oil… But None To Spare). 1
Warnock uses the five wise as a type of those who have “oil in their vessels” — a present, fresh supply of the Spirit. The five foolish have lamps (apparent light) but no oil (no substantive communion with the Spirit).
Interpretation: Warnock connects with his earlier interpretation of 5 as the number of ministry (see b4). The five wise virgins represent a ministry rooted in the oil of the Spirit, not in outward forms. The half (5 of 10) shows the selection that occurs in the hour of trial.
A thousand years as one day (number 1000)
In chapter 2 Warnock addresses the “thousand years” of Rev. 20 and 2 Pet. 3:
“Why should we take the only scripture in the New Testament that refers to a ‘thousand year’ reign and build the whole doctrine of the Kingdom of God around it? (Rev. 20). The Book of Revelation is full of symbols, and most — if not all — of the numbers have a symbolic meaning. The only other reference to ‘a thousand years’ in the New Testament is in this passage of Peter; and here he reminds us that ‘a thousand years’ are as one day.” (crowned2.html, §The Coming of the Lord). 1
Warnock connects this to the present time: “The ‘last days’ of which the apostles spoke now span ‘two thousand years’, and so the present Christian age is in fact only ‘two days’ on God’s calendar.” (crowned2.html, §The Coming of the Lord). 1
Interpretation: Warnock treats 1000 not as a chronological unit but as a symbolic number compressed in God’s eyes into one day (2 Pet. 3:8). The implication is that the present dispensation of nearly 2000 years (two days) still falls within the “present time” of God’s Kingdom. The number 1000 functions here as a symbol of God’s timelessness, not as eschatological time-reckoning.
Coronation as a threefold process (eighth-day theology)
In chapter 7 Warnock describes the coronation of Christ as a threefold process, in which the “eighth day” emerges implicitly as the day of ultimate glory:
“He earned the crown of power by wearing the crown of thorns on His brow. He earned the crown of oil because He ‘loved righteousness and hated iniquity’. He received the sceptre of righteousness because He took from the Roman soldier the limp reed that was placed in His hand, and underwent the indignity of a mock coronation. All this became the first chapter in His coronation as King.” (crowned7.html, §The More Excellent Ministry in the Heavens). 1
“The second chapter took place at His ascension. It was there that God ‘set His King’ upon Zion, and made Him King of kings and Lord of lords. He was ‘set’ to be Priest upon the throne. His ministry on earth was completed. Now He would begin His Messianic ministry in the heavens.” (crowned7.html, §The More Excellent Ministry in the Heavens). 1
Warnock connects the coronation with the eighth-day theology of Lev. 14 (cleansing of the leper, eighth day = day of new beginning/believer’s fullness): the coronation that began with the crown of thorns (suffering) and continued through the ascension (glorification) finds its completion in the second coming — the “eighth day” of the new dispensation.
Interpretation: Warnock does not explicate the eighth day as such, but the threefold coronation process (suffering → ascension → second coming) reflects the 7+1 structure: seven as the fullness of His ministry on earth, the eighth as the new dispensation of His heavenly priesthood. The crown of oil (Lev. 21:12) is the capstone: “The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek” (Ps. 110:4).