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What comes to mind when you hear the word Messiah? Many people connect it with Christmas. Here's what the angels said to the shepherds about the baby Jesus:
"The Savior — yes, the Messiah, the Lord — has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!” (Luke 2:11)
If you’ve ever read the long lists of names in the Bible (if not, we get it — lots of people skip right over those genealogies), you might have seen the word there because it starts like this:
This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and Abraham.
[Then a long list of about 40 names goes here.]
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
All those listed above [in the long list of about 40 names] include 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 from David to the Babylonian exile, and 14 from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. (from Matthew 1:1, 16-18)
So it makes sense to associate Messiah with Christmas. But the Messiah’s story includes so much more than that one event. In fact, the story goes way back to the beginning of all things and is the most important story ever because it's the story of Jesus.
"Messiah" (5:13) *This video mentions Eden, Abraham, Judah, David, Babylon, the prophets, and Isaiah.
Read a few of these key scenes (mentioned in the video) in the Messiah story:
Read Romans 6:6-11. Read it again, using the word Messiah instead of Christ this time (the New Testament uses these two words interchangeably).
Pray that you would know and follow Jesus not just as your personal Savior but also as the promised Messiah for all people. Think about how your story is connected to the full story of the Bible because of knowing Jesus as the Messiah.
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