Who is the Messiah in Christianity?

Throughout the New Testament there is evidence of Jesus as the chosen one through his resurrection from the dead and the miracles he performed. The Messiah was sent to save humanity, and this salvation came about through his death and resurrection. Through this statement Jesus is confirmed as the Messiah.
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Who is considered the Messiah by Christians?

Christians commonly refer to Jesus of Nazareth as either the "Christ" or the "Messiah", believing that the messianic prophecies were fulfilled in the mission, death, and resurrection of Jesus and that he will return to fulfill the rest of messianic prophecies.
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What does Messiah in the Bible mean?

messiah, (from Hebrew mashiaḥ, “anointed”), in Judaism, the expected king of the Davidic line who would deliver Israel from foreign bondage and restore the glories of its golden age.
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What is the real name of the Messiah?

His original Hebrew name is Yeshua, which is short for yehōshu'a. It can be translated to 'Joshua,' according to Dr. Michael L.
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Who did Jesus tell he was the Messiah?

Jesus announces that He is the Messiah prophesied by Isaiah, but is rejected by His neighbors in Nazareth. The devil comes to Jesus as he is fasting and tempts him three times. Jesus tells doubtful, angry Jews in Nazareth that He is the Savior.
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Who claims to be the Messiah?

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Jews who believed him to be the Messiah were the first Christians, also known as Jewish Christians. As of 2015, it is estimated that there are 2.3 billion Christians in the world, making Jesus of Nazareth the most widely followed, and most famous, Messiah claimant.
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Who is Messiah in Islam?

In the Quran, Jesus is described as the Messiah (al-Masīḥ), born of a virgin, performing miracles, accompanied by disciples, rejected by the Jewish establishment, and being raised to heaven. The Quran asserts that Jesus wasn't crucified nor died on the cross, but was miraculously saved by God.
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Who is Yahweh?

Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHWH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. The name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton.
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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What does Messiah really mean?

Definition of messiah

1 capitalized. a : the expected king and deliverer of the Jews. b : jesus sense 1. 2 : a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause security, which the political messiahs promise— Vardis Fisher.
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How is Jesus God's Son?

On two occasions, Jesus is recognized as the Son of God by a voice which speaks from Heaven. Jesus explicitly and implicitly describes himself as the Son of God and he is also described as the Son of God by various individuals who appear in the New Testament.
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What is the Messiah supposed to do?

The Messiah is believed in Judaism to be a righteous king who will be sent by God to unite people all over the world regardless of race, culture or religion. Many Jews believe that when the Messiah comes, he will do the following: rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
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When did Jesus reveal himself as Messiah?

In His arraignment before Caiaphas, He was asked, "Art thou the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the Blessed?" He answered, "I am." (Mark 14:61, 62.) Jesus declared His Messiahship by direct testimony. One of the first instances when Jesus disclosed His true identity was with Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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How many kids did Mary and Joseph have?

They may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph (the most natural inference); (2) sons of the Mary named in Mark 15:40 as "mother of James and Joses", whom Jerome identified with the wife of Clopas and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus; or (3) sons of Joseph by a former marriage.
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How old was Mary when Jesus was born?

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However, now we believe that Mary and Joseph were both in their teens when Jesus was born, around sixteen and eighteen respectively. This was the norm for Jewish newlyweds at that time.
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What is God's real name in Christianity?

Yahweh is the principal name in the Old Testament by which God reveals himself and is the most sacred, distinctive and incommunicable name of God.
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Is Yahweh Allah?

The Qur'an refers to Allah as the Lord of the Worlds. Unlike the biblical Yahweh (sometimes misread as Jehovah), he has no personal name, and his traditional 99 names are really epithets. These include the Creator, the King, the Almighty, and the All-Seer.
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Who is the real God?

In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity describes God as one God in three divine Persons (each of the three Persons is God himself). The Most Holy Trinity comprises God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit.
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Who is the Messiah of Hinduism?

Hinduism has many sects, but generally there is no figure exactly like Jesus, the Messiah, though Hindus consider Jesus a saint. ''Many comparisons have been made between Christ and the Hindu deity, Krishna,'' said John S. Hawley, a professor at Barnard College. Many consider him an incarnation of the great god Vishnu.
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Which religions have a Messiah?

Religions with a messiah concept include Judaism (Mashiach), Christianity (Christ), Islam (Isa Masih), Druze faith (Jesus and Hamza ibn Ali), Zoroastrianism (Saoshyant), Buddhism (Maitreya), Taoism (Li Hong), and Bábism (He whom God shall make manifest).
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What religion is waiting for the Messiah?

The document says Jews and Christians in fact share the wait for the Messiah, though Jews are waiting for the first coming, and Christians for the second.
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Was there a Messiah before Jesus?

In the generation before Jesus, there was a Jew in Jerusalem who claimed to be a messiah who would deliver his people from Rome.
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What do Jews believe about the Messiah?

In Jewish eschatology, the Messiah is a future Jewish king from the Davidic line, who is expected to be anointed with holy anointing oil and rule the Jewish people during the Messianic Age and world to come.
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Why is Jesus the Messiah in Matthew?

Matthew uses "fulfillment citations" to prove that Jesus was the Jewish messiah. Matthew further emphasizes Jesus' importance to Judaism by modeling his birth and ministry on Moses' birth and mission: Jesus is the new Moses who has been appointed by God to free his people from bondage and to give the (new) law.
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