Messiah

In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one", Standard Hebrew Mašíaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Māšîªḥ Arabic المسيح;) initially meant any person who was anointed by God. In English today, it is used in two major contexts: the anticipated saviour of the Jews, and one who is anticipated as, regarded as, ...

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Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - Other Messiahs In Stregheria, Jesus Christ is believed to have been a sort of "evil messiah" or false messiah, while Aradia de Toscano is seen as the true saviour who came to free the poor and the oppressed from the bondages of Christianity. A few million people consider Rev. Moon to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Shakers believed that Jesus was the male Messiah and Mother Ann Lee, the female Messiah. For the Rastafari movement, H ...

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Jewish Messiah - Judaism and Christianity

Messiah: Encyclopedia - Messiahs in fiction and fantasy

The idea of a messiah or a Chosen one figure has long been an element in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, if not real-life religion. The remainder of this article contains many plot spoilers for many different stories. Discretion is advised regarding unfamiliar stories. Messiahs in fiction and fantasy - Akira. The manga and 1988 anime-movie Akira features both the themes of a returning saviour, and sacrifice based on compassion – two very strong reccurent themes in me ...

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Messiah: Encyclopedia - Jewish eschatology

Jewish eschatology is concerned with Mashiach (the Jewish Messiah) the continuation of the Davidic line, and Olam Haba (Hebrew for "the world to come"; i.e. the afterlife). Jewish eschatology - Mashiach/Messiah. The Hebrew word Mashiach (or Moshiach) means anointed one, and refers to a mortal human being. Within Judaism, the Mashiach is a human being who will be a descendant of King David continuing the Davidic line, and who will usher in a messianic era of peace and prosp ...

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Jewish eschatology - Biblical verses

Messiah: Encyclopedia - Bare-faced Messiah

Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard (London, Michael Joseph books, 1987, ISBN 0718127641) is a posthumous biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard by journalist Russell Miller. Other related archivesL. Ron Hubbard, Russell Miller, Scientology

Messiah: Encyclopedia - Eschatology

Eschatology (from the Greek έσχατος meaning "last" + -logy) is a part of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or the ultimate destiny of human kind, commonly phrased as the end of the world. In many religions, the end of the world is a future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the afterlife, and the soul. The Greek word αιών means "age"; some translation ...

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Messiah: Encyclopedia - Anointing

To anoint is to grease with perfumed oil, fat, or melted butter, a process employed ritually in all religions and among all races, civilized or savage, partly as a mode of ridding persons and things of dangerous influences and diseases, especially of the demons (Persian drug, Greek κηρες, Armenian dev) which are or cause those diseases; and partly as a means of introducing into things and persons a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, spirit or power. The riddance of an evil influence is often synonymous with the introduction of the good principle, and therefore it is best to consi ...

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Messiah: Encyclopedia - Davidic line

Davidic line, (also Davidic Kingdom or Davidic dynasty), known in Hebrew as Malchut Beit David ("Monarchy [of the] House [of] David") refers to the tracing of royal lineage by kings and major leaders in Jewish history to the Biblical King David in Judaism. Davidic line - History. Upon being chosen and becoming king, the custom in the times of the Tanakh was to be anointed with olive oil by having it poured on the head. In David's case, this was done by the prophet Samuel. ...

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Messiah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Messiah

Messiah

(Hebrew - annointed, as a prince - an heir apparent)

1) according to Jewish tradition, a prince who would occupy the throne of David and lead the Jewish nation to become a world power

2) Early Christian theologians quickly noted the similarity in meaning between Messiah and Christ and reached the conclusion that Jesus, being a Messiah, must also have been a Christ.

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Messiah: A Christian Theological Dictionary on Messiah

A Christian theological definition of Messiah according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Messiah

Messiah is a Hebrew word. It means "anointed one." It is the equivalent of the N.T. word "Christ" which also means "anointed." Jesus, as the messiah, was anointed by God (Matt. 3:16) to carry out His three-fold ministry of Prophet, Priest, and King.

As the messiah He has delivered the Christian from the bonds of sin and given to him eternal life. In that sense, messiah means deliverer, for He has delivered us. The Messiah was promised in the O.T. in the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15).
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Messiah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Messiah

Messiah

(Hebrew - annointed, as a prince - an heir apparent)

1) according to Jewish tradition, a prince who would occupy the throne of David and lead the Jewish nation to become a world power

2) Early Christian theologians quickly noted the similarity in meaning between Messiah and Christ and reached the conclusion that Jesus, being a Messiah, must also have been a Christ.

For more dictionary entries, see » Messiah Dictionary

Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiahs in fiction and fantasy - Akira

The manga and 1988 anime-movie Akira features both the themes of a returning saviour, and sacrifice based on compassion – two very strong reccurent themes in messianic literature. Cults in a Post-WWIII Neo-Tokyo herald the return of an entity known as "Akira", a codeword for a shady governmental project and an incident that destroyed Tokyo city at the outset of the war. The story follows Tetsuo, a latent psychic inextricably linked to the Akira project, and proclaimed by the cults to be Akira reborn. Tetsuo has no control over his p ...

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