Questions tagged [messiah]
Prophecy in the OT regarding the coming messiah.
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Struggling w/ Jesus and Jewish law [migrated]
Struggling with this question regarding Jesus as a messiah given Jewish prophecy. With regards to formatting of this post, I recently had a stroke and so have to use speech to text; I mean no ...
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Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or is it referring to both?
Isaiah 53 is prophetic scripture about the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
I might be overthinking and/or asking the obvious. However, Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite ...
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What did Jesus mean when he asked "If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?
Matthew 22:44-45 YLT
The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine
enemies thy footstool? If then David doth call him lord, how is he his
son?'
Psalm 110:1 YLT
A Psalm of ...
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Why do people believe that John the Baptist and Jesus never knew one another?
I understand John 1:31 has the words "I did not know him" but in the actual context of the scripture itself, beliefs and doctrines aside, John is clearly saying he didn't know Jesus is the ...
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Is Matthew alluding to Psalm 2 in Herod's court?
Is the mention of King Herod and the Chief priests being troubled because of the announcement of Christ a veiled reference to the Kings and Princes from Psalm 2? I don't understand Greek, but a quick ...
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Why do we follow Jesus blood line through his father? When he did not physically come from Joseph?
If Jesus wasn’t the actual son of Jospeh. We don’t follow Mary’s blood line.
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Is forever literal in Isaiah 9:7?
Isaiah 9:7 (ESV) (emphasis mine):
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it with justice and ...
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Which is the oldest fragment of LXX containing Psalm 22:16?
As far as I am aware, LXX uses a word in this crucial verse which would uncontroversially be translated as "pierced" into English. If it predates the Roman practice of crucifixion and/or ...
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Do the prophecies of Luke 1 imply that Jesus would be a political messiah rather than a spiritual savior?
Luke 1
The "Magnificat" of Mary
51 He has shown might with his arm,
dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. 52 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
but lifted up the lowly. 53 ...
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Jesus, Messiah sent by whom?
Paul equated Jesus to Melchizedek (Heb 5:6) who was high priest of the "Most High" even before Israel existed. Jesus was sent as messiah by the "God of Israel" (Deut 32:9) for the ...
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How do we know there should be commas in between the titles in Isaiah 9:6?
Isaiah 9:6 commonly reads:
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government
will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, ...
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Is there any basis for thinking there could be a future modern-day application of the prophecy in Jeremiah 9:25-26?
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh; Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the desert in distant places. For all ...
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How do we translate Daniel 9:26?
Why do so many of the Bible versions translate Daniel 9:26 as "the Messiah" or "Messiah" when instead the more literal translation seems to be "a messiah"?
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Did the imparting of the "gospel of Jesus Christ" start with the ministry of Jesus, or with the ministry of John the Baptist, or are they entwined?
Benson commentary on Mark 1:1-3:
The evangelist (Mark) speaks with strict propriety in this sentence ...
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Mark 1:1 NASB
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Is "Seeing the Light" after "the suffering of His soul" a reference to the Resurrection of Jesus in Isaiah 53:11?
It is acknowledged by nearly all Christian denominations that Isaiah 53 is a prophetic reference to the crucifixion and substitutionary Death of none other than Jesus Christ.
And verses 8-10 ...
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