Restoration Eschatology: The belief and hope that “in that day” (Hebrew: eschaton), YHWH will end the suffering of the people of Israel and restore their land and fortune. There are several different visions of how this restoration will come about: the return of David (Ezekiel 37:24), or one of his descendants (Jeremiah 33:14-15), a military hero, or even a messiah (could be Cyrus, as in Isaiah 45:1, or Jesus of the New Testament).
Messiah/Christ: Messiah comes from the Hebrew word mashiah which is literally translated as “anointed with oil.” The act of a priest anointing something or someone transformed them from profane to sacred. The word christos (Christ) is an approximation of the word mashiah; it means “to smear, or rub.” Because Greek culture did not use anointing of oil as a way of making things sacred (they instead voted to elevate people to positions of power), they didn’t have a direct translation of the word mashiah. Christ later became conflated with the Greek word chrestos which means “gentle, or kind” and is pronounced the same as christos. …show more content…
The practice, however, does not originate solely in Leviticus—it is also found in Greek culture, and can be seen in the story of Oedipus, who was sent away from Thebes to try to free them from the miasma that he had brought upon the
Messiah/Christ: Messiah comes from the Hebrew word mashiah which is literally translated as “anointed with oil.” The act of a priest anointing something or someone transformed them from profane to sacred. The word christos (Christ) is an approximation of the word mashiah; it means “to smear, or rub.” Because Greek culture did not use anointing of oil as a way of making things sacred (they instead voted to elevate people to positions of power), they didn’t have a direct translation of the word mashiah. Christ later became conflated with the Greek word chrestos which means “gentle, or kind” and is pronounced the same as christos. …show more content…
The practice, however, does not originate solely in Leviticus—it is also found in Greek culture, and can be seen in the story of Oedipus, who was sent away from Thebes to try to free them from the miasma that he had brought upon the