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MessiahChristians believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah prophesized in the Old Testament. Christians believe that these prophecies actually referred to a spiritual savior, and consider Jesus to be that Messiah. In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ Standard Hebrew Mašíaḥ Arabic: Al-Masiḥ, المسيح), Tiberian Hebrew Māšîªḥ, Aramaic משיחא) is a person who was anointed by God. In English today, in religious contexts, the term Messiah is used in two major contexts: the anticipated saviour of the Jews, who will come in the future to bring ultimate peace on earth. And secondly, the one who is anticipated as, regarded as, or professes to be a saviour or liberator. Many Jews, however, do not generally use the word "saviour" in reference to the messiah, primarily because of the Christian connotation of the word "saviour," and the sense in which that word is used by Christianity. In the first century, Jews interpreted the prophecies of the Tanakh to refer more specifically to someone appointed by God to lead the Jewish people in the face of their tribulations with the Romans. |
