The word for this week is Messiah. It's found in only two verses in the Bible. Daniel 9:25-26:
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. KJV
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. KJV
This is the Hebrew word "mashiyach". Strong's Concordance says: anointed, a consecrated person. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: The anointed one. Vine's Expository Dictionary says this: First, mashiach refers to one who is anointed with oil, symbolizing the reception of the Holy Spirit, enabling him to do an assigned task. Second, the word is sometimes transliterated "Messiah." After the promise to David (2 Samuel 7:13) mashiach refers immediately to the Davidic dynasty, but ultimately it points to the "Messiah," Jesus the Christ: "The kings of the earth [take their stand], and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed..." Psalm 2:2. In Daniel 9:25 the word is transliterated: "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince...." The New Testament also attests the word in this latter meaning John 1:41. Most frequently in the New Testament the word is translated ("Christ") rather than transliterated ("Messiah"). Transliterate means: to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
So, the word Hebrew word "mashiyach" is translated anointed in many parts of Scripture, but in Daniel it is the transliteration that refers only to THE Messiah of Israel, Jesus (the ) Christ! He is also OUR Messiah because, as born again believers, we have been adopted into the family of God (Ephesians 1:5). As strange and difficult as some of the things going on in the world now seem to be, these are as nothing compared to what is to come about on the earth AFTER our Messiah's appearing to take HIS people from here before the worst of what is to come happens. As believers, we should take all of these things that we see as incentive to simply keep living that life that shows off Who HE is, and to keep being the Light that leads others to HIM! The love and light and the favor and anointing of God are so evident in your life and that of your family! You all SHINE! Just keep being YOU! It's working well! Here is Hillsong with "Behold - Then Sings My Soul" where the last verse refers to when He does come for us!
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
So, the word Hebrew word "mashiyach" is translated anointed in many parts of Scripture, but in Daniel it is the transliteration that refers only to THE Messiah of Israel, Jesus (the ) Christ! He is also OUR Messiah because, as born again believers, we have been adopted into the family of God (Ephesians 1:5). As strange and difficult as some of the things going on in the world now seem to be, these are as nothing compared to what is to come about on the earth AFTER our Messiah's appearing to take HIS people from here before the worst of what is to come happens. As believers, we should take all of these things that we see as incentive to simply keep living that life that shows off Who HE is, and to keep being the Light that leads others to HIM! The love and light and the favor and anointing of God are so evident in your life and that of your family! You all SHINE! Just keep being YOU! It's working well! Here is Hillsong with "Behold - Then Sings My Soul" where the last verse refers to when He does come for us!
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
