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...tic, as it is the most traditional and historic, designation of the Jewish Messiah. It expresses the most representative type of Messianic expectation, if we ...dy engaged in the work of their salvation. The elemental conception of the Messiah thus passed over into Christian thought. It carried with it, it is true, th

...His prophetic task; while his proclamation of the impending advent of the Messiah must have had the character for Jesus of a call to the work for which, as t ...the cosmos. Personal and cosmic eschatology intersect at the point of the messiah's second coming when the resurrection of the just and the last judgment occ

...ded in the interpretation he gave of v. 10 by any tradition concerning the Messiah. Nor was there in the fact of resurrection itself any demonstration that su ...Moule, <i> The Origin of Christology </i> ; J. Smith, <i> The [[Promised]] Messiah </i> ; <i> TAB, </i> pp. 69-134; V. Taylor, <i> The Person of Christ in New

...establish peace (&nbsp;Isaiah 2:1-4; &nbsp;Isaiah 4:2-6 ). He promised the Messiah, the son of David, who would assume the chief role in the fulfillment of th ...t, whereas in the former part, addressed to the whole people, he dwells on Messiah's glory, the antidote to the fears of the people and the pledge to assure t

...peace, and of life, &nbsp;Isaiah 9:6; &nbsp;Acts 5:31; Act 3:15. </p> <p> Redeemer, &nbsp;Isaiah 59:20; Isa 60:16. </p> <p> Resurrection, &nbsp;John 11:25. </ ...erefore be, "Paul testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ," or the Messiah, &c. Many other similar instances occur. Should it be asked, Is the word Ch

...by the water (Edersheim, <i> LT </i> [Note: T Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (Edersheim).]ii. 745f.; the candidate also made a profession of faith befor ...is atoning blood once for all shed and of perpetual efficacy; therefore He Messiah. It is His shed blood which gives water baptism its spiritual significancy.

...iates the idea to his own mind through the present certainty of Christ the Redeemer. In a word, the Creatorship of Christ is never dwelt upon for its own sake, ...and died as a man dies (&nbsp;John 19:5 ), was, nevertheless, not only the Messiah, the Sent of God, the fulfiller of all the divine promises of redemption, b

...e Scripture promise of the fulness of the Spirit that should rest upon the Messiah (&nbsp;Isaiah 11:2), may have been led to transfer these ideas to the physi .... Boslooper, <i> The Virgin Birth </i> ; R. E. Brown, <i> The Birth of the Messiah </i> ; idem, <i> The Virginal [[Conception]] and [[Bodily]] [[Resurrection]

...a proclamation could have meant to the hearers only that the reign of the Messiah, of whom the prophets had spoken, was about to begin. The real nature of th ...ut they did not, as others, reject Jesus. They knew that he was indeed the Messiah of God who brought them the kingdom of God and eternal life (&nbsp;Matthew

...in, after He has been lifted up by the Jews, they will know that He is the Messiah. Lastly, He says, ‘I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men ...ent for sin, to be observed through all succeeding generations, till the [[Redeemer]] himself should come, who was to make the true and only proper satisfactio

...d himself as the fulfillment of the old covenant promises concerning the [[Messiah]] made to God's people Israel. Hence, the Old Testament was the source book ...us, baptism was to be the sign of a first entrance into communion with the Redeemer, and with the church, the first appropriation of those advantages which Chr

...ry Word of God, the last, the perfect revelation of the Most High, and the Redeemer of the world. </p> <p> The Prologue of the Gospel is St. John’s appeal to

...pation of Christian Doctrines.—Anticipations of the Christ idea, either as Messiah or as Wisdom, have been dealt with in the previous sections. It remains to ...s coming intervention and salvation of His people through the pre-existent Messiah. The final section states that the end will be soon and reports that Ezra w

...pentant of forgiveness (3:3) and membership in Messiah's community (3:17). Messiah's own birth is announced as "good news of great joy" (2:10-11). According t ...d with all the human race. Luke mentions shepherds as the witnesses of the Messiah's birth, because the filth associated with their occupation made them prime

...es, as Pye Smith, <i> First [[Lines]] </i> , and <i> Scrip. Teatim. to the Messiah </i> ; Hodge, Shedd, Weiss, <i> Biblical Theol. of the New Testament </i> , ...as recognized and proclaimed as the promised "Son of David," the expected "Messiah-king," he accepted the title (&nbsp;Matthew 9:27; &nbsp;Matthew 18:30; &nbs

...ing, preceded by a fuller manifestation of Elijah than that of John before Messiah's first coming. Moses and Elijah's appearance at the transfiguration in glo ...fluence of the late Jewish tradition of Elijah being the forerunner of the Messiah. The expectation of Elijah's return occurs frequently in the [[Gospels]] (&

...4) its conception of the [[Kingdom]] as to be inaugurated shortly when the Messiah returned on the clouds of heaven. See on these points <i> St. Matthew 3 </i ...rue nature of the kingdom, for the Jews for whom Matthew writes looked for Messiah's kingdom. His claim of exemption from tribute, recorded in Matthew alone (

...cipating triumph over the foe, Psalm 109 the foe's condemnation, Psalm 110 Messiah's divine kingly and priestly glory. In the fifth book Εlohim occurs only s ...to us, who are now "the Israel of God," &nbsp;Galatians 6:16 , and to our Redeemer, who is the King of this Israel. It would be an arduous and adventurous und

...he Scriptures of eternal tRuth We now discover the suitability of our dear Redeemer for the great purposes of his mission, and plainly perceive how needful suc ...ought to the knowledge of Christian truth, and having found mercy from the Redeemer, she pressed into Simon's house, and gave the strongest proofs of her grati

...is taken up with determining the sense in which Jesus regarded Himself as Messiah; the second part is devoted to other aspects arising out of His self-design

...it would rest in a special way was the Messiah (&nbsp;Isaiah 11:1-5; see [[Messiah]] ). </p> <p> In spite of all this, it is probably still true to say that w ...ell as fully human. John the Baptist, the prophet who will herald Jesus as Messiah, "will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth" (&nbsp;Luke 1:15 ).

...above a conception of God as Father of Israel, and in a special sense of [[Messiah]] (&nbsp; Psalms 2:7 ); they had thought of God only as <em> ruling </em> t ...had expressed so clearly (43:1-7,14-16; 45:1-7), that the Creator and the Redeemer are one (1:10-13; see also &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 8:6; &nbsp;Colossians 1:16

...two factors of the belief in the historical resurrection of Christ as the Messiah, and the connexion of this resurrection with His own moral character and Go ...y is answered by the radiant expectation of preservation: "For I know my [[Redeemer]] lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my sk

...in so far as they issue in His death, still these ethical qualities of the Redeemer become the ethical demand in the redeemed as their union of life with Him i ...we not need the solution which the other passages suggest of a sin-bearing Redeemer? Finally, there is the crowning attestation to His Messiahship, and seal up

...onging the world of aeons sympathizes, and the most perfect aeon becomes a Redeemer. The [[Saviour]] descends, and after innumerable sufferings is able to lead ...g of Christ as a turning-point in human affairs, but almost all reduce the Redeemer's work to the impartation of knowledge and the disclosure of mysteries. Wit

...ved to have done, is counter to the fact that the Jews expected a reigning Messiah, who should not die but deliver them from their Roman masters. </p> <p> The ...d their design, by not acknowledging the person who wrought them to be the Messiah, had recourse to the most impious and most absurd suppositions, in order to

...brazen serpent and the paschal lamb were signs of our healing and spotless Redeemer, &nbsp;Exodus 12:46; &nbsp;John 3:14; &nbsp;John 19:36 . And so, lastly, ce ...gdom is erected with a view, directly or indirectly, to the kingdom of the Messiah. Is an empire, or kingdom, subverted or overthrown? that empire, or kingdom

...es </i> ; Hitchcock, <i> [[Mystery]] of the Cross </i> ; artt. ‘Hosanna,’ ‘Messiah,’ ‘Prophets’ in Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible. </p> <p> F. R. Mon

...as become the glad doxology, "Hosanna, " which equals: "Praise God and his Messiah, we are saved." </p> <p> Most likely the authors of the Gospels translitera

...star appeared, and the Magi were sent with great pomp to do homage to the Messiah. The colophon at the end states: ‘And in the year 430 (= a.d. 119), in th ..., and that of offering the first homage of the Gentile world to the infant Redeemer may be seen best by giving in a few words a description of the faith in gen

...erved by a particular providence. The Jew ought to be weary of expecting a Messiah, who so unkindly disappoints his vain hopes; and the Christian ought to hav ...History of the Jews; Pirie's Posth. Works, vol. 1:; Fuller's Serm. on the Messiah. </p>

...ntended to prove that, notwithstanding His death, Jesus could still be the Messiah. Probably even upon the disciples themselves, at that early date, the full ...lieve that their covenantal Lord had called Moses to be the "Old Testament redeemer" (4:1-7). </p> <p> After Yahweh had humbled and broken powerful Egypt, he i

...p> [[J.]] Julius Scott, Jr. </p> <p> See also [[God]]; [[Jesus Christ]]; [[Messiah]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . [[O.]] Cullmann, <i> The [[Christology]]

...ention is specially directed to Bethlehem as the birthplace of the world’s Redeemer. In addition to the reference, already mentioned, to the cave, we find Just ...place" (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:27-28). The low state of David's line when [[Messiah]] was born is also implied in Micah (&nbsp;Isaiah 53:2). </p>

...nderstood the Father's gracious acceptance of the atonement offered by the Messiah; the peculiar protection of the Son, our great High [[Priest]] and Interces ...Trinity is regarded as arising out of Christ’s claim to Godhead as Divine Redeemer, reason soon finds its warrant for the doctrine. The doctrine of the Trinit

...ted in the Logos doctrine. Jesus was identified not merely with the Jewish Messiah, but with the eternal Word who had been with God from the beginning. His re ...was merely intended to introduce to Greek readers the story of the Jewish Messiah with a view to making it more attractive and intelligible. We may remind ou

<p> <strong> [[Ransom]] </strong> . See Redeemer, Redemption. </p> ...darkness (&nbsp;Colossians 1:13 , &nbsp;Colossians 1:14 ). See further, [[Redeemer]] , [[Redemption]] . </p> Literature. <p> See works on New Testament Theolo

...in the Epistles of 1Peter , James, and Jude, regards Him primarily as the Messiah, the glory of whose Person and mission has been proved by the Resurrection, ...nianism]] of the age, revived and embodied the sentiments concerning the [[Messiah]] current among the Jews during his life. The views of the Nazarenes, who a

...g no material body, he did not actually suffer. With him Soter, the proper redeemer, united himself at the baptism in Jordan, to announce his divine gnosis on

...:23; &nbsp;Daniel 10:11), and received the exact disclosure of the date of Messiah's advent, the 70 weeks of years, and the successive events down to the Lord ...g the four great successive monarchies, and the everlasting kingdom of the Messiah, which dream God enabled Daniel to interpret. In the last six chapters we h

...rse,’ becomes one of the Apostle’s central themes. The Church’s Lord and [[Redeemer]] must be Lord and Reconciler of all things (&nbsp;Colossians 1:15-20; &nbs

...ffered, and for this purpose the Spirit of Christ is still manifested as a Redeemer from the bondage of corruption. Hence the apostle says, "God was in Christ

...Moses had to explain to them the character of this one who would be their redeemer. He, the [[Eternal]] One, would prove himself able to meet every need of hi ...ngs of Moses, which bespeak their truth; as, several respecting the future Messiah, and the very sublime and literal one respecting the final fall of Jerusale

...was Satan suffered thus to insult the Son of God? [[Wherefore]] did the [[Redeemer]] suffer his state of retirement to be thus disturbed with the malicious su ...and easy road to that universal dominion which right-fully belongs to the Messiah. Satan offers it, as the prince of this world. The lure here is the desire

...etched reappear here in most striking fashion. He is the Lamb slain, the [[Redeemer]] who in His blood loosed from their sins (&nbsp;Revelation 1:5) and purcha

...to the concept of the coming Messiah-Redeemer that Jesus is never called "redeemer" ( <i> lytrotes </i> [Λυτρωτής]) in the New Testament. </p> <p> Fun

...hy was Satan suffered thus to insult the Son of God? [[Wherefore]] did the Redeemer suffer his state of retirement to be thus disturbed with the malicious sugg

...d, To him ‘faith’ is far from being an enthusiastic acceptance of a Divine Redeemer. </p> <p> If the Epistle was written in very early times, the argument must ...t (&nbsp; Acts 4:10-12 ), revealing the shameful crucifixion of Israel’s [[Messiah]] as a glorious expiation for the guilt of mankind (&nbsp; Hebrews 2:9 , &n

...] will yet be <i> received. </i> Judgement followed the rejection of their Messiah, but the great tribulation is yet to come. </p> <p> [[Quotations]] from Isa

...the [[Savior]] appeared, not only were the [[Jews]] eagerly expecting the Messiah, but many in various heathen lands were cherishing similar hopes: in part t ...e up a deliverer, and the Magi may have heard of the O.T. prophecies as to Messiah; but whether this be so or not, God, who provided the star, sent the Magi t

...our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. </p> ...'s share of the transaction? How can one suffer for another? How could the Redeemer be miserable when he was conscious that his work was one which could bring

...iritual, and ethical religion, which, based on the life of its author as [[Redeemer]] and as founder of the kingdom of God, consists in the freedom of the chil ...power and glory." It declares that this divine personage is the appointed Redeemer of mankind from sin, death, and misery; that he was announced as such to ou

...r it may have been a well-known phrase currently employed to designate the Messiah; we have no trace of such an earlier use, but it may have existed (see West ...ocryphal book, probably of the 2nd century - we have the term used for the Messiah, "Honor Judah and Levi, for from them shall arise for you the Lamb of God,

...t. </p> <p> Jesus' task is to be savior of the world (&nbsp;1 John 4:14 ); redeemer of those under law (&nbsp;Galatians 4:4 ); sacrifice for sin and condemnati ...gh it was deemed absurd to suppose that preference could be given by the [[Messiah]] to heathen men (&nbsp;John 7:35), even the [[Pharisees]] were zealous in

...truth proclaimed in the Shemâ‛, and ending with the praise of God as the [[Redeemer]] of Israel with reference to the deliverance from Egypt mentioned in the c ...ved in the one true God, studied the Scriptures, and looked for the coming Messiah. What better place for Paul and others to go first with the message of Jesu

...iateness of the titles "first-born," "first-begotten," given to the divine Redeemer. &nbsp;Romans 8:29; &nbsp;Colossians 1:18; &nbsp;Hebrews 1:2; &nbsp;Hebrews ...ly the firstborn inherited the throne (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 21:3), typifying Messiah the "first begotten" of the Father, "the [[Firstborn]] among many brethren,

...e primitive Christian, made up of men who, while believing in Jesus as the Messiah, did not cease to be Jews. The Pauline was a reformed and [[Gentile]] Chris

...d as the object of faith (&nbsp;Mark 11:22). Jesus, conscious of being the Messiah, the Judge at the Last Day, who would finally dispose of the destiny of all ...]]; [[New Birth]]; [[Predestination]]; Reconciliation, Redeem, Redemption, Redeemer; [[Repentance]]; [[Sanctification]]; [[Security Of The Believer]] . </p> <p

...of man, and the hope of his manifestation as such, in the person of the [[Messiah]] , involved the belief that the [[Spiritual]] Power must be superior to al ...mer of man, and the hope of his manifestation as such in the person of the Messiah, involved the belief that the spiritual power must be superior to all carna

...e annual Passover was a valuable discipline in reverence for Jehovah their Redeemer. These Corinthians had poor ideas of the awful cost of their redemption, wh

...the promise to subsequent generations until the final Seed, even Jesus the Messiah, came. They had to do more. God expected them to participate personally by ...&nbsp;Jeremiah 31:31-37 ). In the postexilic period the expectation of a [[Messiah]] was quickened by prophecy (&nbsp;Malachi 4:5-6 ), and when Jesus began hi

...Matthew 22:34-40 ). </p> <p> I. Authorities must learn the nature of God's Messiah (&nbsp;Matthew 22:41-46 ). </p> <p> J. Jesus the Authority calls for religi ...cts those facts from the teachings and deeds of Christ which show the true Messiah and the correct principles of the kingdom of God. In this respect the Gospe

...be the future destiny of the Jews, the siege of Jerusalem, the triumphs of Messiah, and the glories of the latter day when "Holiness to the Lord" shall be ins ...then offered praise for his son John, who would prepare the people for the Messiah’s arrival by calling them to repentance (&nbsp;Luke 1:76-79). </p>

...t God. The [[Psalmist]] says, that the Lord would give the Gentiles to the Messiah for his inheritance; that Egypt and [[Babylon]] shall know him; that [[Ethi ...Acts 14:16), and intended hereafter, in his mercy, to bring them under the Messiah's scepter, and make them "one fold, under one shepherd" (&nbsp;Isaiah 60:2,

...and true God, under whose immediate direction they were; in the hope of a Redeemer; in a firm reliance on his promises under all difficulties and dangers; and ...was to give way, at least the ceremonial part of it, at the coming of the Messiah. The principal sects among the Jews were the Pharisees, who placed religion

...and "casting lots for the vesture," and other minute details fulfilled in Messiah. He who, working through means, creates the minute leaf as well as the migh ...demands, as He adduces &nbsp;Psalm 118 to show that the rejection of the [[Messiah]] was already intimated in Scripture (&nbsp; Mark 12:10; &nbsp;Matthew 21:4

...lfill the prophecy. Both Peter and [[Stephen]] authoritatively decide that Messiah is "the Prophet" (&nbsp;Acts 3:22; &nbsp;Acts 7:37). The gospel attracted a ...God’s people to remember the “law” of Moses in preparation for the coming Messiah (Mal. 4:4). </p> <p> The [[Septuagint]] gives the following translations: <

Messiah Or Messias <ref name="term_16595" /> ...hat could then claim the headship of the Jews; and the temple in which the Messiah was to appear was annihilated. Then also the genealogical lists were extant

...st, but also in the Eastern Churches. </p> <p> Literature.—Briggs, <i> The Messiah of the Gospels </i> , p. 41 ff., <i> New Light on the Life of Jesus </i> ,

...ey alone saw it who came to know Jesus as the [[Savior]] of sinners, the [[Redeemer]] of the world; and their testimony to his divine character was, like his o

...oming, it gives an interesting view of believing Jews' opinions concerning Messiah at that time. No sure proof establishes its existence before the [[Christia ..., according to their works; and it indicates that the different offices of Messiah both to save and to judge, or as Prophet, Priest, and King, were known to t

...or "bless themselves") came to fruition in the work of Jesus Christ, the [[Messiah]] of God, who was the long-promised descendant of Abraham (&nbsp;Matthew 1: ...iritual seed, the true members of the Church of Christ, springing from the Messiah, of whom Isaac was the symbol. Thus the Apostle Paul expressly distinguishe

...ve been chosen as wives for the priests (Edersheim, and Times of Jesus the Messiah, i. p. 200). Anna was a widow 84 years of age (Authorized Version), or more

...ites who, at the best, only dimly perceived the necessity of a suffering [[Messiah]] (&nbsp;Luke 20:25 f.). We must expect a precision in defining the mode of ...the obedience and sacrifice of Christ, who, on this account, is called the Redeemer. "Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Ch

...events of ages to come '''''—''''' viewed the power, glory, and majesty of Messiah's second advent '''''—''''' beheld the establishment of the kingdom of pe

...Adam’ from Rabbinic theology. But such a comparison between Adam and the [[Messiah]] was unknown to the earlier [[Jewish]] teachers. Passages adduced to suppo ...and enter into life eternal, both of the body and the soul. </p> <p> The [[Redeemer]] is called "the second Adam," &nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:45 , as being the hea

...osea, are various forms of the is associated with the idea, and the term [[Redeemer]] ( '''''Goel''''' ) implies how God can be just and at the same time a sav ...ded. God says, "All flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the [[Mighty]] One of Jacob." &nbsp;Isaiah 49:26; &nbsp;Isaiah 60:16 . In

...es (1) to the mystical relation of the Son to the Father, and (2) of the [[Redeemer]] to believers; (3) the announcement of the Holy Ghost as the Comforter; (4 ...here is no <i> entweder </i> ... <i> oder </i> ... - either Messiah or not Messiah - peremptorily propounded by Jesus Himself" ( <i> The Criticism of the Four

...thousands upon thousands of Jewish families. The literature on this pseudo-Messiah is very rich. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 184 sq.; Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 10,

...ychical body and seemed to make the pneumatical endowment dependent on the Messiah's baptism; While the Anatolic school, to which Axionicus and Ardesianes bel

...rom his own special point of view. St. Paul is thinking of Christ as the [[Redeemer]] from sin and its curse when he says that ‘God sent forth his Son in the ...in national pride failed to see this, and despised the Gentiles Rejecting Messiah, they were "broken oft" from the olive, that the Gentiles might be" grafted

...Christ in the several actions noticed, and of the duty which his office as Messiah imposed on him. [[Viewed]] in the pioper light, no disobedience of or disre

...l go on till you come to the cross, where you will see and hear your dying Redeemer with one of David's Psalms on His lips when He can no longer hold it in His

...m the majority of their fellow-Jews by their conviction that Jesus was the Messiah. They were thus to their contemporaries a Messianic sect within the pale of

...lower His authority, or lessen His efficiency as [[Revealer]] of God and [[Redeemer]] of men; but, on the contrary, it was necessary, for only under such human ...e inward sun of divine life; and in the alternate lights and shades of the Redeemer's career, not so much the vicissitudes imposed upon the enshrined Deity by

...d" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:65), shall at length rest in her own land under [[Messiah]] reigning at [[Jerusalem]] as His holy capital and over the whole earth, a ...l hymn; and every man, who has any feeling of his own lost state without a Redeemer, must rejoice and be glad in it. "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is

...ns, their passionate expectation of deliverance from the Roman yoke by the Messiah, and the splendour of his civil reign, their pride, and above all their vic ...k 3:1-6; &nbsp;Luke 18:10-17. </p> <p> ''It Was A [[Leading]] Aim Of The [[Redeemer]] To [[Teach]] Men'' that true piety consisted, not in forms, but in substa

...not by bare justice Divine action was guided. God was the compassionate [[Redeemer]] (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 7:8 , &nbsp; Hosea 11:1; &nbsp; Hosea 14:4 ). Even th ...l attitudes. God's kingship fed nationalistic hopes of deliverance through Messiah; delight in God's law sank into rigid legalism, fostering self-righteousnes

...cept that the Baptist spoke of Jesus as coming, and of the Kingdom, or the Messiah, as at hand, while the apostles referred to Jesus as already come. How repe ...hn 1:9 ). A great prophecy/ promise is given in the Book of Isaiah: "The [[Redeemer]] will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins" (59:20). <

...nemies over whom Christ triumphed in the Cross (&nbsp;Colossians 2:15). If Messiah was to be manifested at the Parousia, Satan was also destined to be manifes

...</i> ). When, on the other hand, St. Paul began to preach Jesus as His own Messiah, the blasphemies of his countrymen against that Name became his daily fare. ...bsp;Matthew 9:3 = &nbsp; Mark 2:7 = &nbsp; Luke 5:21 ), claiming to be the Messiah, the son of God (&nbsp;Matthew 26:65 = &nbsp; Mark 14:64 ), or making Himse

...foretold in Eden (&nbsp;Genesis 3:15 ) finds definitive expression in the Messiah Jesus. But his story outlives his earthly life. </p> <p> <i> The Age to Com ...t appeared in 1837. In this latter work, he summarized the doctrine of the Redeemer, while the former presented the doctrinal teaching of the apostolic writers

...f the world. Again, this view is a helpful theological complement to the [[Redeemer]] theology of the [[Torah]] and Prophets. </p> <p> Third, wisdom simplifies ...s explicitly (38:25-34) that Wisdom cannot be for artisans (a carpenter as Messiah evidently would have been unthinkable to Sirach; &nbsp;Mark 6:3 ). Scribism

...the consummated life of the Kingdom of God. Through the entrance of the [[Messiah]] into glory, through His pneumatic presence and activity in the Church, an ...d of the same family in Greek, may be taken as a command to rejoice as the Redeemer's mother (&nbsp;Luke 1:28 ). [[Shepherds]] hear that news of the birth of C

...ator (&nbsp;Acts 17:28; &nbsp;James 1:17; &nbsp;Revelation 4:11; etc.) and redeemer (&nbsp;Ephesians 1:3; &nbsp;Colossians 1:12-13; &nbsp;1 Peter 1:3; &nbsp;Re

...to be the Messiah, yet all the hopes of [[Ot]] prophets embodied in King, Redeemer, and Divine [[Manifestation]] were more than fulfilled in Him; and although

...ssing of His People (&nbsp;Ruth 4:1-22 ). </p> <p> A. Boaz became “kinsman redeemer” (&nbsp;Ruth 4:1-6 ). </p> <p> B. Before the assembled witnesses, Boaz fu ...kness, while Ruth is remembered to all generations as chosen ancestress of Messiah. Boaz' name is immoralized by linking himself with the poor Moabitess, whil

...faithfulness to [[Yahweh]] and to a surprising proposal of marriage to her redeemer-kinsman [[Boaz]] (&nbsp; Ruth 3:9 ). </p> <p> <i> Old Testament Legislation .... In His encounter with the Samaritan woman, Jesus revealed Himself as the Messiah. She immediately left and began telling people, “He told me everything I

...me, &nbsp;Psalm 45:8 , where the language is symbolic of the graces of the Messiah; &nbsp;Proverbs 7:17; Song of &nbsp;Song of Solomon 1:13; &nbsp;5:5; it was .... An ingredient of the holy anointing oil (&nbsp;Exodus 30:23), typical of Messiah's graces (&nbsp;Psalms 45:8) as well as the church's through Him (Song of S

...ique work of the Spirit, who comes into the world in the name of Jesus the Messiah, to convince/convict the world of righteousness. The Spirit both vindicates

...e restoration of the image of God in the soul of man. The Creator is the [[Redeemer]] and redemption is the new creation. Since the Sabbath was the sign of tha

...ablished in power and blessing in Christ: [[Zion]] will yet be the seat of Messiah's power on earth in millennial blessing. &nbsp;Psalm 2:6; &nbsp;Psalm 78:68 ...f his Lord. In a subsequent period, David was no indistinct type of "the [[Messiah]] the Prince," &nbsp;Daniel 9:25 , for a long time humbled, and at length t

...is divinely imposed upon the hardhearted (1:17). Appropriately, then, the Messiah's ministry would be marked by opening the eyes of the spiritually blind (&n ...:40 . Blessed are the eyes that fix their adoring gaze first of all on the Redeemer. </p>

...owed him the ruin of several great empires which preceded the birth of the Messiah, represents Cyrus as "a ram which had two horns, both high, but one rose hi ...of Messiah, the true King, Sun of righteousness (&nbsp;Malachi 4:2), and [[Redeemer]] of His people from mystical Babylon. </p> <p> "Ahasuerus" is another form

...ankind is more than offset by the obedience of the second Adam, the Lord [[Messiah]] Jesus (&nbsp;Romans 5:12-21; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:22 ). Jesus' sinless

...re the creation of the world" Christ was "chosen" or "foreknown" to be the Redeemer (&nbsp;1 Peter 1:20 ), a clear indication that God knew from the beginning

...use he dared not, or had not the power, but because it belonged not to the Redeemer's character, "who, when reviled, reviled not again, but committed himself j ...ed are the position and offices ascribed to Michael, that many think the [[Messiah]] is meant. </p>

...of God, yet willingly endured this humiliation that He might become the [[Redeemer]] of men. [[Wherefore]] all the ages and the highest of all the races of me ...himself, but to the love of God, his creator; to the grace of Christ, his redeemer; and to the fellowship of the [[Holy]] Ghost, his sanctifier. He perceives

...se to denote the NT conception of the relation of the ransomed soul to its Redeemer.]with man’s self or character, bestowing on man’s its profoundest promi ...e designs should be accomplished only through the intervention of a divine Redeemer. We are justified "through our Lord Jesus Christ," &nbsp;Romans 1:5 . </p>

...old strength was looked on as a sign of the nearness of the coming of the Messiah. Jesus Himself had promised to send prophets among His followers (&nbsp;Mat ...rests of God's cause, and, in a technical sense, the work of advancing the Redeemer's kingdom. It is in this sense, namely, of the ''Christian Ministry,'' that

...tical relation of the Son to the Father. </p> <p> '''(2.)''' That of the [[Redeemer]] to believers. </p> <p> '''(3.)''' The announcement of the Holy Ghost as t

...' a change which only took place after his claim to be considered as the [[Messiah]] had been established beyond cavil. If it is claimed that Christ was calle

...t’s work and of the Christian life are emphasized in 1Peter Jesus is the [[Messiah]] whose sufferings, death, and resurrection are the leading motives for the ...without any prominent or distinctive application. In the first epistle the Redeemer's names are his common ones, the familiar ones in the mouths of all believe

...and all such as allude to the bringing back to [[Jerusalem]] and to the [[Messiah]] have undergone very great changes. The first and last three are considere

...will make this appear abundantly plain and obvious to every beholder. The Redeemer's claim to this office of an advocate, and the only advocate of our poor na ...em> [[Menahem]] </em> ( <em> Consolator </em> ), a [[Jewish]] name for the Messiah. Cf. [[Cyril]] of Jerusalem, <em> Cat </em> . xvi. 20: ‘He is called <em>

...orary withholding of his benign complacency, personally experienced by the Redeemer, although in others' behalf, the full penalty of transgression could not ha ...evil. </p> 2. Mental <p> The crisis of Jesus' career as [[Messiah]] and [[Redeemer]] came in Gethsemane. The moral issue of His atoning work was intelligently

...provide atonement; Jesus, the God-man was both Priest and Offering, both [[Redeemer]] and the One intimately involved with the redeemed. </p> <p> Blood is a sy ...rous rebellion against God. He, in another sense, is the '''''Goel''''' or redeemer of man, as the high priest whose death sets the shut up captive free; He is

...marks her hope of her firstborn proving one link toward the birth of the [[Messiah]] covenanted by God to His people. Again, in &nbsp;Genesis 5:29, a so-calle

...His baptism, a higher Spirit united itself with Him, and so He became the Messiah. He became Christ, they further taught, by perfectly fulfilling the Law; an

...fuge set before us, improve our precious time, depend on the merits of the Redeemer, and adhere to the dictates of the divine word, that we may be found of him ...st Judgment is held by God (&nbsp; Revelation 20:11 ff). [[Otherwise]] the Messiah is never the judge except in the [[Parables]] of Enoch, where He appears as

...predicts John’s office, it is in contrast with the greater dignity of the Redeemer. Alford justly remarks that the <i> Benedictus </i> ‘shows the exact reli

...nbsp;Zechariah 10:6; &nbsp;Zechariah 10:10). </p> <p> Their return under [[Messiah]] (then to be manifested) and their spiritual glory shall be the appointed ...d possession of the land, under many changes and vicissitudes, until their Messiah appeared. His rejection and crucifixion resulted in the destruction of Jeru

...heir future restoration, and union with the Gentiles in the kingdom of the Messiah; the call of our Saviour out of Egypt, and his resurrection on the third da ...ivisions of his various predictions. He shows a joyful faith in the coming Redeemer, and is several times quoted in the New Testament, &nbsp; Matthew 9:13 &nbs

...ey; but the Jubilee will be made good to them in grace when they own their Messiah. </p> ...Thus, also, it would be known with certainty of what tribe or family the [[Messiah]] sprung. It served, also, like the Olympiads of the Greeks, and the Lustra

...s made a deep impression on Nicodemus, half persuading him that He was the Messiah; insomuch that he interviewed Him secretly under cover of the darkness (&nb ...to be a Prophet, even if he did not at once recognize in him the promised Messiah. Thus the few words which he interposed against the rash injustice of his c

...behind as our earthly sun), filling it with brightness of light. He, our [[Redeemer]] and Advocate, the Lord who is our Brother, is now within the cloud that c ...ints are to be caught up in the clouds (&nbsp; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ). The Messiah’s throne is a white cloud (&nbsp; Revelation 14:14 ). <strong> 5. </stron

...l, Noah, Abraham, Job, and others, offering sacrifices in the faith of the Messiah; and the divine acceptance of their sacrifices is particularly recorded. Bu ...the evolution of this, as of other truths, with the coming of the promised Messiah. But, however this be, we know that, in God's purpose, the whole system was

...eh as God is exclusively God: "This is what the Lord saysIsrael's King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there i ...iah 23:6 ) and properly should be taken as a proper noun - the name of the Messiah-King. </p> <p> 7. ''''' Kannā ''''' </p> <p> Frequently in the Pentateuch,

...uses the same title (&nbsp;John 6:69). The phrase is a designation of the Messiah, described by John (&nbsp;John 10:36) as ‘him whom the Father consecrated ...worm, Jacob, and ye men of Israel: I will help, saith the Lord, and thy [[Redeemer]] the Holy One of Israel." (&nbsp;Isaiah 41:14) In like manner, God the Hol

...s, according to the letter, corporeal light, signifies, allegorically, the Messiah; morally, grace; and mysteriously, beatitude, or the light of glory. All th ...stial hierarchy in this scheme replaces the mediatorial functions of the [[Redeemer]] of mankind; he himself defines this hierarchy (Coel. Hier. 3:1) as a divi

...n of an event so awful and so deeply interesting as the crucifixion of our Redeemer. Calvin soon published what may be regarded as a new view of the subject. A ...Rome, dial. 6; A Dialogue between [[Philalethes]] and Benevolus; Kidder's Messiah, part 3: p. 80; and Brown's Compendium, p. 613. </p>

...of the [[Grecian]] philosophy. These abandoned the expectation of a future Messiah, or regarded his kingdom as entirely of a moral nature. Among them the theo

...p> The sublime theme of Revelation thus becomes evident the victory of the Messiah over the Roman Empire, together with the miseries to be inflicted on His en ...the second the Lamb is victorious out of death and is worshipped as the [[Redeemer]] (5:1-14). </p> <p> After this are three series of judgments, each based o

...which last Jesus was reckoned, on the ground of his making himself King or Messiah, &nbsp;Luke 23:1-5; &nbsp;Luke 23:13-15 . The words in which the sentence w ...isciples. It was Christ crucified whom the apostles preached; the divine [[Redeemer]] stooping so low as to endure this shocking death, in order to make a suff

...umed his trade, but was afterwards called to remain permanently with the [[Redeemer]] . Jesus was particularly attached to John , who was one of the three who

...for instance, being a conquering king, and that of the latter a suffering Redeemer, who to save the nation has to bear the burden of its sins, and the brunt o

...equently he attained to the consciousness that he was himself the promised Messiah, and through the energetic assertion of that consciousness, his high moral

...eocratic community. These three Old Testament motifs coalesce in Jesus the Messiah, who enables the new covenant community to be taught by spiritually gifted

..., lxi. 8, lxii. 2, 3). He is <i> Vindicator </i> of the righteous (but not redeemer of mankind). He has ‘preserved the lot of the righteous’ (xlviii. 7) an

...'Ed,]] n. The Messiah, or Son of God, consecrated to the great office of [[Redeemer]] called the Lord's anointed. [[Cyrus]] is also called the Lord's anointed.

.../p> <p> ''Prophet,'' &nbsp;Deuteronomy 18:15; &nbsp;Luke 24:19. </p> <p> ''Redeemer,'' &nbsp;Job 19:25; &nbsp;Isaiah 59:20. </p> <p> ''Resurrection and life,''

...David and Abraham," &nbsp;Matthew 1:1, or, like St. Luke, as the universal Redeemer, "the son of Adam, which was the son of God." &nbsp;Luke 3:38. </p> <p> (4)

...the fall and misery of mankind, and their deliverance by a <em> [[Divine]] Redeemer. </em> </p>

...the sixty-eighth Psalm, where David in spirit describes the ascension of [[Messiah]] in very glowing colours: "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even t

...'s birth: "the Lord hath not left thee without a kinsman ( '''''Goel''''' "redeemer"), that his name may be famous in Israel, and he shall be ... a nourisher o

...tself. "Thy maker is thine husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer, the Holy. One of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall he be called." ( ...y unions when the Lord Jesus will be owned and loved by Israel, as their [[Messiah]] and King, and the Church be owned and manifested as the bride of Christ!

...of all the dead, but only their temporary abode until the advent of the [[Messiah]] or the final judgment, and is divided into two departments, called [[Para ...ntion is made of hades are in &nbsp;Revelation 1:18, where the glorified [[Redeemer]] declares that he has the keys of death and of ''Hades;'' &nbsp;Revelation

...se two applications are in the NT interpreted of the [[Baptist]] and the [[Messiah]] respectively. The words of the prophet with reference to the forerunner a ...understood, and it not been that our Lord Jesus Christ, when becoming our Redeemer, condescended to submit to this office also; but as the Lord Jesus, in his

...becomes the <i> locus classieus </i> to account for the rejection of the [[Messiah]] by His own people (with &nbsp;Mark 4:11 and parallels, cf. &nbsp;John 12:

...n confirmation of his doctrine, but to set forth his gracious character of Redeemer. In those acts of Christ in which he manifested forth the sovereignty of hi ...Scriptures of the Old Testament that the people, as a whole, expected a [[Messiah]] before He appeared. our Lord did not, like Buddha or Mohammed, create a n

...ness To Hear God'S Voice, '' &nbsp;Isaiah 1:5 ''; '' &nbsp;Psalms 40:6 '', Messiah)'' , the right hand to dispense God's gifts, and the foot always to walk in ...on might thus be lifted up in the sight of Yahweh, the righteous Judge and Redeemer. </p> <p> <b> 4. Implies Intercession: </b> </p> <p> It implies intercessio

...d acclamation, instinct with adoring gratitude: "O Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer" (&nbsp;Psalm 19:14 ). "The heavens," comments Lord Bacon, "indeed tell of ...error in doing it. Thus it was revealed to the ancient prophets that the [[Messiah]] should appear, and they were inspired to publish the fact for the benefit

...tely degrading and inconsistent with all regard to rank. Yet our blessed [[Redeemer]] did not refuse to give his disciples, and Judas [[Iscariot]] himself, tha ..."marriage feast," as would seem to be required by the words "for his son" (Messiah). The Greek is plural ( <i> ''''' gamous ''''' </i> ) to indicate the sever

...have made is in the nature of things impossible to be realized?" Newton's Messiah; Dr. Watts's [[Strength]] and [[Weakness]] of Human Reason, p. 106; Saurin' ...erscription on the cross, where the holy name and the royal title of the [[Redeemer]] stood written, by the command of the heathen Pilate, '''''‘''''' in Heb

...; 90:20-27). God is usually pictured as the Judge although sometimes the [[Messiah]] is charged with this responsibility (Enoch 45:3; 69:27-29). </p> <p> New ...fuge set before us, improve our precious time, depend on the merits of the Redeemer, and adhere to the dictates of the divine Word, that we may be found of him

...sin, from beholding God, and by an ardent longing for the coming of their Messiah. Since Christ has atoned for original sin, and freed them from imprisonment

...'','' was the mother of the devil, they identified them, considered the [[Messiah]] as her son, and therefore looked upon him as a sorcerer, and, as Mercury,

...ecause he was the Second Adam, the [[Perfect]] Man, the [[Restorer]] and [[Redeemer]] of his brethren, the Lord of the Church, and the [[Heir]] of all things.

...hat it was among the Pharisees the glorious ideas were developed about the Messiah, the kingdom of heaven, the immortality of the soul, the world to come, etc

...al form remained, in passing into and becoming the body and blood of the [[Redeemer]] '''''—''''' the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, which had been r

...as a memorial of this mournful truth, as well as a type of the work of our Redeemer. When a [[Hebrew]] had committed a trespass against the divine law, providi

...e next of kin to Ruth, Naomi's daughter-in-law, declined to do the part of redeemer (god) (See [[Blood]] ) of the inheritance of her deceased husband [[Mahlon] ...nd the child born to them was an ancestor of King David and of Jesus the [[Messiah]] (&nbsp;Ruth 4:18-22; &nbsp;Matthew 1:1; &nbsp;Matthew 1:5). </p>

...s <i> ex cathedra </i> ... has that infallibility, with which the Divine [[Redeemer]] endowed His church, in defining a doctrine of faith or morals" (Vatican C

...of the holy Trinity (&nbsp;Matthew 3:16 , &nbsp;Matthew 3:17 ), and by the Redeemer, in His capacity as the Representative of sinful mankind, the sin-bearing L

...i> ; compare 593 <i> b </i> ; Edersheim, <i> Life and Times of Jesus the [[Messiah]] </i> , II, 775-76). </p> 4. Contrasts of New Testament and [[Popular]] Me

...e was so diverted by the providence of God that, by dying, He became the [[Redeemer]] of mankind and, by missing the throne of the Jews, attained to that of th