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How do Jewish people understand the word Messiah

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How did the birth of Jesus fulfil the promises of Messiah?

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How did the birth of Jesus fulfil the promises of Messiah?

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For years and years God's people waited for the Messiah. They longed for him to come and do everything God had promised. They waited and waited.

However Christians believe that the Special One had already been chosen. They believe he had always been chosen.

The Bible teaches that God chose his son Jesus to live among people and do all the promised special things. In the Bible we read that some people who met Jesus did not think he was the Chosen One because he was nothing like they had imagined - he was not a soldier or a king like King David. But many people did believe - they believed Jesus was the Messiah, the one they had been waiting for.

Christians today believe Jesus is the Messiah. They believe he is the Chosen One God sent to live with people.

The word 'Christ' and the word 'Messiah' have the same meaning which is why Christians call Jesus 'Jesus Christ'.

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Why do Christians call Jesus The Messiah?

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Messiah means 'chosen one'. The Bible teaches that hundreds of years before Jesus was born, God promised his people that he would send someone special to them. He promised that this special one would do wonderful things.

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Animated Bible Story of The Messiah Comes On DVD

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The God had promised the Prophets of the Old Testament that a Messiah was to come. For Matthew’s audience to believe that Jesus was Messiah, certain expectations and promises had to be fulfilled from the Old Testament, as this was their understanding as Jewish people.

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This is the Hope For the Evil That Affects Your Life

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Jesus gave us many signs to prove that he was the Messiah. He fulfilled prophecies, performed miracles and changed peoples’ lives.

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The Gospels repeatedly declare that Jesus is the Messiah —the One chosen by God and anointed by Him to save His people from their sins (Matthew 16:16; Luke 4:17-21; John 1:40-49; 4:25, 26).

Jesus Himself claimed to be the promised Messiah. When He talked with a woman at a well in Samaria, she said, “ ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When He comes, He will tell us all things.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am He’ ” (John 4:25, 26).