Messiah

teaching of Jesus Christ, is today’s one of the world’s largest religion. Christians believe in one god that created the heavens, the earth and the universe. Their beliefs, originated from the Jewish religion. Christian believe that Jesus Christ is the messiah of the world that they had long been waiting for, the savior of the world, and that if they follow his teaching, it will bring them to the gates of heaven. They also believe that he is the son of God, the creator of all. …

Jesus is the Messiah the one that came to suffer and serve in order to seek and save mankind. He also told people that their sins where forgiven and this disturbed a lot of the Scribes and Pharisee because who was this man that he thought that he had the right to forgive…

Judaism is considered to be the first monotheistic religion. It is one of the oldest religions existing today. Like many religions, Judaism began with a patriarch. Around 2,000 BC, Judaism was founded by a man named Abraham who was considered to be the ‘Father of the Jewish people’ whom lived in Mesopotamia. At the time, most people were polytheistic but the Jewish people believed in one God who they referred to as Yahweh. The Jews believed that God made a covenant with Abraham which…

four Gospels written on the life of Christ. Its theme is Jesus Christ is Jehovah’s King of the Jews and Savior of the World. It is typically the gospel to Israel. Matthew reveals Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah. The genealogy in Matthew proves that Jesus Christ is the Son of David, the Messiah, the rightful heir to David’s throne. Matthew shows the authority…

The term, infancy narratives, is applied to the accounts of the birth and early life of Jesus. They are only found in two of the gospels. While Matthew and Luke are the only two gospels that contain the infancy narratives, they are a significant part in the story of Jesus. Matthew’s and Luke’s infancy narrative are both distinct, neither were a source for each other. While referred to as the infancy narratives they do not give us much from Jesus’ infancy and childhood. What the infancy…

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…

The Scriptures are meant to be taken in context and deeper meanings can be drawn when various stories are considered and connections are drawn between passages. This is often the case with New Testament readings in light of Old Testament readings in the Bible. In addition to revealing Jesus in control of his actions, the irony of Pontius Pilate’s words, and the universality of Jesus’ kingship, the description of the inscription on Jesus’ cross in John 19:16b-22 also exposes Jesus’ willingness…

The songs I choose are Drupad Indian music; Georgian chanting; troubadour music; Handel: Messiah, Hallejuah Chorus; Bob Dylan, Like The Rolling Stone; Glass: koyaanisqatsi section and John Luther Adams: The Light that fills the world The Dhrupad music is chanting Vedic hymns and mantras. In the background there is string instrument playing in lower sound than the chanting completing it. It can be used as prayer, meditation and yoga. The Georgian Chant is liturgical music chanted in the church…

having a life with Him in it versus a life without Him. In these two themes it is clear that Johns portrayal of Jesus as a teacher and a savior are much like Matthew, Mark, and Luke’s portrayal of Jesus. In this Gospel Jesus is also portrayed as the messiah and prophet. In the story of Jesus feeding the crowd of five thousand people in John 6:14 Jesus is…

you can easily see that the information that we have about Jesus is indeed reliable. Historical writers like Josephus and Pliny have provided statements that not only prove the existence of Jesus, but also the fact that Jesus was considered “the Messiah” and “the Christ.” Archaeology has discovered places and locations that are also found in the Bible. These discoveries have proved once again that the information that we have is indeed…