Messiah Lauren Iverson

Unfortunately, they misunderstood what this messiah would do. They read the prophecies of how the messiah would overcome god’s enemies—and they understood this to mean that he would deliver. False christs jesus warned that counterfeit christs would arise in the last days, masquerading as the messiah and claiming to be the savior of the world.

The equivalent hebrew word in the old testament is mashiach, meaning “messiah.” the literal translation of both the greek and hebrew words is “the anointed one.” it is the title and identity which.