god
son of god
the anointed one
king
The root of the word Messiah or "Masiach" in Hebrew, can be traced to Egypt, as the tradition of anointing kings was an ancient Egyptian custom. Egyptian kings were anointed with the fat of the holy crocodile--or "MeSeH" As Egypt controlled the region, Egyptian customs would be prevalent in the area.
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Then again, "When the Persian king Cyrus fell upon Israel, Yahweh revealed himself to HIM, (Isaiah 45:1:13) the man whom he had chosen to be his "Messiah", his "anointed one", and promised to help him. For this reason, the pious men of the house of Israel chided Yahweh. But Yahweh answered their reproaches:If you wish to take me to task on account of my sons and of the work of my hands, know then that I am Yahweh"
God and the Gods, Myths of the Bible - Beltz p. 43
So, it seems Jesus cannot be and is not the one and only "Messiah"....as yahweh himself called upon others to fulfill that role, and calls them his "sons". That is how it goes in the storybook.....:)
Twisting the words and using Humpty Dumpty semantics cannot fix the texts when Yahweh himself calls Cyrus his "anointed one". Christians have mistranslated the word "Messiah" to mean "god"What is the true meaning of the word "Messiah"?
Messiah simply means "a guy who has oil poured on his head, because he enjoys warm sticky fluid dripping off his face". Or for short "the annointed one"
Greek 3323 Mεσσια?; TWOT-1255c; n m
1) anointed, anointed one
1a) of the Messiah, Messianic prince
1b) of the king of Israel
1c) of the high priest of Israel
1d) of Cyrus
1e) of the patriarchs as anointed kingsWhat is the true meaning of the word "Messiah"?
From the Hebrew root verb ma·shach′, meaning “smear,” and so “anoint.” (Ex 29:2,?7) Messiah (ma·shi′ach) means “anointed” or “anointed one.” The Greek equivalent is Khri·stos′, or Christ.—Mt 2:4,
I always thought Messiah meant warrior as well. I really haven't ever thought Messiah meant God, but that's just me.What is the true meaning of the word "Messiah"?
A Messiah is a shame. Savior or Visa?
"the anointed".............Christ Jesus.
May be it means "Ayya ( sir) " you "Mess" with the life of people !
The true meaning is "The one who destroys the Death Star"
THE ANOINTED ONE.. and JESUS IS THE ANOINTED ONE (CHRIST)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ
No, no WE understand YOU ARE JUST LATE. See I put this in MAN'S reasoning so that you will SEE NO ONE is FORCING anyone TO BELIEVE nothing. - IT IS THE TRUTH.
The Qur'an states Jesus is the Messiah,[Qur'an 3:45] and Muslims believe Jesus is alive in Heaven and will return to Earth to defeat the Dajjal, or Antichrist.
Luke 4:18-19 (JESUS SPEAKING)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Main Entry: Christ
Pronunciation: \?krīst\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Crist, from Old English, from Latin Christus, from Greek Christos, literally, anointed, from chriein
Date: before 12th century
1 : messiah
2 : jesus
3 : an ideal type of humanity
4 Christian Science : the ideal truth that comes as a divine manifestation of God to destroy incarnate error
Main Entry: Christ
Function: biographical name
Jesus — see jesus
Main Entry: Je·sus
Pronunciation: \?jē-z?s, -z?z also -?z?s and -?z?z\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yēshūa?
Date: before 12th century
1 : the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation —called also Jesus Christ
2 Christian Science : the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality
Main Entry: Je·sus
Pronunciation: \?jē-z?s, -z?z\
Variant(s): or Jesus Christ \?krīst\ or Christ Jesus
Function: biographical name
circa 6 b.c.–circa a.d. 30 Jesus of Nazareth; the Son of Mary source of the Christian religion %26amp; Savior in the Christian faith
Main Entry: mes·si·ah
Pronunciation: \m?-?sī-?\
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew māshīah? %26amp; Aramaic m?shīh?ā, literally, anointed
Date: 1560
1 capitalized a : the expected king and deliverer of the Jews b : jesus 1
2 : a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause
Main Entry: anoint
Pronunciation: \?-?no?int\
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inunguere, from in- + unguere to smear — more at ointment
Date: 14th century
1 : to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
2 a : to apply oil to as a sacred rite especially for consecration b : to choose by or as if by divine election; also : to designate as if by a ritual anointment %26lt;critics anointed the author as the bright new talent%26gt;
JUST STAY ALIVE long enough to SEE IT... There have already been PROPHESIES THAT HAS BEEN REVEALED ALREADY.. YOU are just BLIND.. you WILL SEE.. and I AM NOT WORRIED.
THEN here you go TRYING to understand SOMETHING you KNOW NOTHING ABOUT... the HOLY BIBLE IS FOR GROWN FOLKS and KIDS WHO KNOW THE TRUTH WILL SET THEM FREE from BONDAGE (SIN).
So, what made you think that Christians, as a whole, thinks that "Messiah" means "God"?
As far as THE King that was expected to come, that is also "Shiloh", and we have receive Jesus as He. God raises up and tears down kings, and we believe that God has had on the throne many kings...
We say that Jesus is the son of God because He SAID He was the Son of God. Also, that's not Christians that think kings are part man and part God - that is the kings themselves...
All prophecy must be fulfilled. If the Messiah is to reign as King forever, in the peaceful Kingdom with no more unfaithful and peace everlasting, there first must be fulfilled, "Yahweh said to my lord, 'sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool' ". No one has ascended to be with God except for Jesus, and so the completion cannot be til He returns, and it could not be completed unless He went to heaven to be with God.
Actually, it seems that you've misunderstood genuine, mainstream Christianity's take on "the Messiah." The true meaning of Messiah (as you noted, this is the English transliteration of the Hebrew term), in the original Hebrew is, indeed, "the anointed one." Unlike the understanding thrust upon the term by some Christians, an "anointed one" would most often refer to a king (since they were usually literally anointed with oil before or during their coronation ceremony), or could refer to some specially chosen leader. That king/ leader did not, in the Jewish concept, have to be "divine" in any sense. That the "messiah" would be "divine" is actually foreign to the Hebrew understanding, and is often cited as one reason that the Jewish people rejected ( and continue to reject) early Christian claims regarding Jesus' nature. "Messiah" certainly, originally, did not mean divine, or "god" in any sense. To believe that the Messiah would be divine (rather than, perhaps, divinely blessed) was a novel idea unique to an early generation of Christians. Obviously, other leaders and would-be leaders among the Jews were dubbed, by their followers at least, as a messiah. Because of Cyrus's sixth century BCE role in restoring the Jewish homeland to them following the Babylonian Exile, he, too was understood as one who was "anointed" by YHWH's blessing as a (human) leader in the life of the Hebrew nation.
You should note that while "Messiah" is the transliteration of the Hebrew term for "anointed one," the Greek term for "anointed one" (both Hebrew and Greek terms having the same meaning) is "christos." From that term, of course, we have derived the English expression of "Christ."
Mainstream Christianity understands that, to refer to Jesus as "the Messiah" is a recognition of his expected role of leadership among the Jews of his era, not an appellation that carries the idea of divinity. You observe rightly that Jesus was not the first, and certainly not the last man to be referred to as a "Messiah." That fact has never been in dispute. The term "Christ" has, however, taken on the aspect of divinity, as it is used to distinguish between Jesus, the human who walked on earth during a very particular time period, and the eternally existent Cosmic "Christ", who became the (divine) Son of God and who reigns with God. (You should be aware that, in the New Testament, there are *four* different beliefs reflected in Scripture regarding exactly *when* Jesus became the Son of God.) The subject of Christology is certainly more complex than I have here presented, but these basics seem to address your issue.
Messiah, from the Hebrew Moshiach, means "anointed one". It is a person who is anointed into a special place, such as a king or priest. There have been many messiahs in Judaism. All of the Jewish kings were anointed, therefore they were all messiahs. All of the ancient Jewish priests were anointed, therefore they were all messiahs.
There exists within Judaism the idea that an "anointed one" will come, meaning that some person will be anointed into some certain position.
The Messiah of Judaism is referred to specifically as a single individual who will be "anointed". While the term "messiah" is a general term, it is also used as a specific term. It is no different to say in modern times "An Elected One" as a specific term while at the same time referring to all elected leaders as "elected ones".
And in no case does Christianity translate "messiah" as "god".
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