Messiah: The messiah is the "annoited one," a king that will be sent from God at the end of time. Belief in the messiah is a fundamental belief of traditional Judaism. It is believed that the suggestion of a messiah was brought out during the time of the prophets. It is said that the messiah will be a great political leader and a descendent of King David. He will know Jewish law and the commandments very well. He is said to be a profound military leader, a great judge, a charismatic leader, who will easily lead people in his ways. But most importantly, he is said to be a human being, not a god. It is also said that in every generation a human with the potential to be a messiah is born. It is said that the messiah will come at a time when he is most needed. When the messiah comes it is said that he will restore Jerusalem. These are all things believed by the Jewish people, but none of it is yet for sure known, becuase none of it has happened yet.
http://www.jewfaq.org/moshiach.htm
HC
4 comments:
I really want to know more about this topic! i never knew that jewish people believed that-they are waiting for the messiah to come, and once he has come-the world will be restored- this is VERY cool.
I think this is really cool that they still belive that the messiah is coming, i never knew this either and i think this brings kind of an intresting twist to their religion that separates it from many of the others main religions we learned about.
Even though I personally do not believe in the same belief system it is very interesting for me to understand and learn more about judaism and beings an intersting shift to the religion,that Jesus is not the mesiah, that I had not be aware of before, even though I thought besides Christianity I knew the most about this religion.
I think its interesting that jewish people believe that a messiah is coming and that for him to be the messiah he must fit into all of these character traits, and I also wonder how they determined what those traits will be
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