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Messianic Thought
Messianic primarily means "of the Messiah" or "A Follower of the Messiah", a religious savior in Abrahamic religions It may also refer to: * Messianism, belief in a Messiah, savior or redeemer ** Messiah in Judaism ** Messiah in Christianity ** Messiah#Islam, Messiah in Islam Religious movements *Church of World Messianity, a new religious movement in Brazil and Japan *Messianic Judaism, a religious movement incorporating elements of Judaism with the tenets of Christianity *Chabad messianism, a religious movement asserting that a leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement is or was the Jewish messiah See also *Messiah (other) *Messianic Age * False Messiah ** Antichrist *Jesus and Messianic prophecy *Jewish Christian * Messianic complex, a psychological state of mind * Totalitarian democracy, also known as Messianic democracy, a democracy where voting is a citizens only right * Olivier Messiaen, a French composer, organist, and ornithologist {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' is a king or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil. Χριστός, Greek for the Hebrew Messiah occurs 41 times in the LXX and the Hebrew Bible. ''Ha-mashiach'' (), often referred to as ' (), is to be a Jewish leader, physically descended from the paternal Davidic line through King David and King Solomon. He is thought to accomplish predetermined things in a future arrival, including the unification of the tribes of Israel, the gathering of all Jews to ''Eretz Israel'', the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, the ushering in of a Messianic Age of global universal peace, and the annunciation of the world to come. The Greek translation of Messiah is ''Khristós'' (), anglicized as ''Christ''. Christians commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
