Messiah
31 subentries
- Messiah. See also Deliverer
- anointed one (136:1.1)
- apostles’ long-nourished ideas of (140:8.1) (152:6.1) (157:4.1) (158:4.4) (180:6.9)
- false M. at Mount Gerizim (185:1.6)
- Jesus
- attacked concept of M. (153:1.2) (153:2.6)
- could never satisfy materialistic concept of M. (122:4.2-4) (126:3.6-11) (127:1.7) (136:1.3) (136:6.6-8) (157:6.6,12) (185:8.1)
- endeavored partially to meet followers’ expectations (157:5.2) (167:4.5)
- followers refused to see Jesus except as nationalist miracle worker (136:1.3) (136:9.7-8) (137:5.2-3) (171:0.2-4) (171:1.3) (171:2.6) (172:0.2)
- never again wholly denied he was M. (136:9.12) (137:5.3)
- prophecies distorted to fit Jesus long after (122:4.4)
- quoted Scripture regarding M. (190:5.4)
- said M. will not sit upon throne in Jerusalem; is not son of David (158:7.3) (174:4.6) (176:2.3)
- Jews (136:1sec)
- believed Messiah would
- be son of David (135:5.4,7) (136:1.1,6) (172:3.9) (180:2.3)
- deliver Israel from its enemies (135:5.4-7) (136:1.3) (185:5.6)
- establish Jews as world rulers (136:9.2)
- establish New Jerusalem as world capital (176:1.6)
- not come from Galilee (162:2.4) (162:6.4)
- reign over world as Prince of Peace (97:10.1)
- restore Shekinah to temple; remove curse of Adam (136:1.4)
- usher in era of miraculous plenty (136:6.6-7) (136:7.2) (136:8.3) (152:3.1) (153:2.6)
- concept of M. did not include divine nature (157:5.1)
- lost sight of personality of M. (136:1.3)
- nationalistic concept caused turbulence which led to nation’s destruction (176:1.2)
- thought lack of sincere repentance delayed arrival (136:1.5)
- vibrant with expectation of immediate appearance of M. (121:2.7) (121:7.1) (135:6.2) (136:0.1)
- Joseph and Mary’s views (122:5.10)
- M. of kingdom became Redeemer of church (170:5.3-6)
- prophecy of Book of Zechariah (172:3.4)
- Scriptures invoked to support contending views of M. (136:1.1) (172:3.4)
Cross-references
- See also Deliverer
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- Jesus 796
- apostles of Jesus 93
- Jews 63
- kingdom of heaven 109
- Son of Man 12
- David (King) 22
- Mary (mother of Jesus) 49
- Paul 52