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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Consider Isaiah 42, for example, in which God proclaims his promise of salvation and foretells the coming of the Messiah. Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025 In 2008, Church of the Messiah, an Episcopal congregation, started its Silence the Violence campaign to remember victims of gun violence after the deaths of a several young people, said Pastor Barry Randolph. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2024 Church of the Messiah in the Islandview neighborhood is one of seven Episcopal churches in the city. Joe Guillen, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025 Free concerts by the Central Florida Chapter of the American Harp Society and the Messiah Choral Society. Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024 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. 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

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