the Messiah
noun
1
Judaism
: a king who will be sent by God to save the Jews
2
Christianity
: Jesus Christ
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After hearing about the Messiah’s birth, King Herod orders the Massacre of the Innocents, instructing that all male children under two years old in Bethlehem be killed.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Note, too, that Lot fathers Moab, from whom Ruth and King David are born, and from whom the Messiah will one day emerge.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Other lives and issues are more peripherally entangled in King’s tale of the Messiah’s emergence.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Young voters in both camps have seized on certain messages to ridicule or to emphasize certain values which have ranged from Tik Tock, Instagram reels of dance videos about eating cats and dogs to Trump depicted as the Messiah.
—Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Chosen to bring the Messiah into the world, Mary is shunned following a miraculous conception and forced into hiding when the relentless King Herrod (two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins) ignites a murderous pursuit for her newborn baby.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
These Israelis consider the emergence of the Zionist movement, the establishment of the state of Israel and its subsequent military victories as phases in a holy redemption, which will end with the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of a Jewish kingdom.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
The higher power in the Bible goes by many names — God, Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Yahweh, the Messiah.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2024
According to the Messiah Lutheran Church website, Roemke was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
—Hannah Kirby, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Note, too, that Lot fathers Moab, from whom Ruth and King David are born, and from whom the Messiah will one day emerge.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Other lives and issues are more peripherally entangled in King’s tale of the Messiah’s emergence.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Young voters in both camps have seized on certain messages to ridicule or to emphasize certain values which have ranged from Tik Tock, Instagram reels of dance videos about eating cats and dogs to Trump depicted as the Messiah.
—Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Chosen to bring the Messiah into the world, Mary is shunned following a miraculous conception and forced into hiding when the relentless King Herrod (two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins) ignites a murderous pursuit for her newborn baby.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
These Israelis consider the emergence of the Zionist movement, the establishment of the state of Israel and its subsequent military victories as phases in a holy redemption, which will end with the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of a Jewish kingdom.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
The higher power in the Bible goes by many names — God, Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Yahweh, the Messiah.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2024
According to the Messiah Lutheran Church website, Roemke was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
—Hannah Kirby, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
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