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Dec 30, 2020 · Who Is the Messiah in the New Testament? By the time Jesus was born in the first century, the Jewish people eagerly awaited a deliverer. The study of prophecies and hope for a Messiah had grown in the centuries since the Jews were carried into exile by Babylon.
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Aug 5, 2021 · Matthew tells us “Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah” (Matthew 1:16). Simon Peter proclaimed, “ You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus’ friend Martha acknowledged, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world” (John 11:27).
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized: māšīaḥ; Greek: μεσσίας, messías; Arabic: مسيح, masīḥ; lit. ' anointed one ') is a saviour or liberator of a group of people.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Messiah was “anointed” first to deliver His people spiritually; that is, to redeem them from sin (John 8:31–36). He accomplished this salvation through His death and resurrection (John 12:32; John 3:16).
- Acts 2:38. 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Deuteronomy 18:15. 15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. Read Chapter All Versions.
- Genesis 3:15. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Genesis 49:10. 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
Messiah (anointed). This word (Mashiach) answers to the word Christ (Christos) in the New Testament, and is applicable in its first sense to any one anointed with the holy oil.
We are told in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”. Here, we are taught that when we believe that Jesus is the Christ, or Messiah, we are born of God.
