The meaning of the word got hijacked, but that is the actual Jewish understanding.
2006-10-18 07:30:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I kinda doubt this since wasn't the Messiah supposed to be unmistakable? and save the Jews forever?
2006-10-18 07:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Marcy C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, honey. The word did not get hijacked. And most Christians know what messiah means. I don't think any believe it to mean anything other than what it does. Most of us read the Bible and understand it.
But you are correct. The Jews were expecting a king. Someone to pull them out of exile. Someone to rain justice down. Someone to smite their enemies. Someone to restore Jerusalem.
Jesus did not fit their bill for the messiah - which means anointed. Christos is the Greek word for anointed. One anoints a king.
This is why so many of the Jews did not accept Jesus. He preached peace and love. And coexistance with the Gentiles whom the Jews hated.
Many couldn't fathom that. So they could not follow him.
But some were able to see the Truth of Him. "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIGHT."
2006-10-18 14:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the ONLY begotten Son of God. This means he is not just a great man, human leader or human king. Of course, you cannot understand who He really is until you actually meet Him and accept Him and what He did for you personally. If you ever receive Him and the Holy Spirit, you will then be able to understand these things...until then, you'll just be trying to figure it out by your own understanding which is very lacking without the Holy Spirit. The Bible says these things are "spiritually" discerned and can't be known just with the mind.
2006-10-18 14:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by HomeBody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Messiah is the promised deliverer of the Jewish people.
The definition doesn't go much deeper than that. Who the Messiah is, is a question open for interpretation. That's why Jews and Christians don't agree.
2006-10-18 14:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Messiah simply means anointed king.
Jesus was the expected anointed one.
There's no hijacking; the Jews din't understand the virtue of the Messiah, they were looking for a warlord to free them from their oppressors. The kingdom of the Messiah was not of this world.
2006-10-18 14:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King yes Human No
2006-10-18 14:32:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're listening to what a bunch of people (some Jewish) who rejected Him? (the Messiah)....Christ is more than that and I feel sorry for you if you don't know that.
2006-10-18 14:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by Gail R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes and No David the shephered boy was anoynted and became king. the word Massiah was used for him but God had promist David there would be a saviour who would come yeshu'ah for his people
2006-10-18 15:08:29 · answer #8 · answered by Sam's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where did you get that from? why then have the Jews been waiting for their Messiah
2006-10-18 14:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by Christine H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, that sounds more like the antichrist. People will revere him as such, anyway.
2006-10-18 14:31:55 · answer #10 · answered by Carol L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋