Meditations

Question from listener on September 28, 2019 on moody radio openline:

I want to know where to start in the bible, the name Messi-anic? I don’t even know how to pronounce it but what does that really mean?

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Are you a new believer?

Listener:

I am a lost believer in the bible, trying very hard but very lost in the word, you know, not knowing where to go …

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

When did you come to faith in Jesus?

Listner:

O, I’ve probably been twenty years, twenty years in the desert, I am following, I am doing good, I want to learn, I really want to get it …

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

Well good, let me just start with the word Messiah, it’s Hebrew, it’s Mashiach, it means the anointed one and it’s a word that means like the anointed priest who would be set apart for his work or anointed king, someone who would be anointed for his work, for his role. Then, it can be used for a special king that was going to come in the distant future who would redeem Israel and the world. Those were the promises of the Messiah. And then when Jesus comes, he’s announced as the Messiah, in fact the greek word that’s used of him is christos, it also means anointed one and that’s where you get name Jesus Christ, that means Jesus the Messiah and so when we are talking about the Messianic prophecy, we are talking about those prophecies of that coming redeemer in the old testament and there are a lot of them…