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Is Yahushua the only “Christ” in the Bible? The majority will surely respond with a resounding, “Yes!” However, the correct answer is NO. Yahushua is not the only Christ who appears in the Bible.
Take into account the original languages in which the Scriptures were written, i.e., Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. There are some words that were not translated but transliterated. The word “Messiah” is one of those words, from the Hebrew Mashiach. In Greek it is Christos.
So what does Messiah or Christ mean? It means someone who has been anointed or selected by Yahuwah as ruler, king (1 Kings 2:10-12). Hence, in the Bible there are many “messiahs.”
Here are some examples:
- The temple priest (Lev. 4:3, 6, 16; 6:22)
- The patriarchs (Ps. 105:15; 1 Chron. 16:22)
- King Saul (1 Sam, 12:3, 5; 24:6, 10; 26:9, 11, 16, 23; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16, 21)
- King David (2 Sam. 19:21; 22:51; 23:1; Ps. 18:50; 20:6; 28:8);
- King Solomon, once (2 Chron. 6:42)
- The pagan king Cyrus (Isa. 45:1)
- The future, Messianic figure (1 Sam. 2:10, 35; Ps. 2:2; 89:51; 132:10, 17; Dan. 9:25-26; Hab. 3:13)
As we can see, there are many “christs” who preceded Yahushua, but he is the last “Christ.” The title “Messiah” cannot mean Yahuwah Himself, because the Messiah or Christ (anointed) is the agent of the One True Yahuwah (John 17:3).
As the last and promised Messiah, Yahushua is Prophet, Priest, and King. That’s because Yahuwah the Father anointed him above all his predecessors, i.e., his “companions” (Heb. 1:9).
To conclude, Yahushua is the ruler chosen by Yahuwah to rule the earth. Yahushua is the anointed (Christ) of Yahuwah (Luke 9:20), the King of the world to come, the Kingdom of Yahuwah on earth, which will be established at the visible parousia of Yahushua from heaven.
It is for this reason that Yahushua commands us to ask each day for the coming of the Kingdom of his Yahuwah and Father (Matt. 6:10). This will be the end of this present evil age ruled by Satan and the beginning of the eternal age to come that will be full of peace and justice.
This is a non-WLC article written by Yasser Gaitan
We have taken out from the original article all pagan names and titles of the Father and Son, and have replaced them with the original given names. Furthermore, we have restored in the Scriptures quoted the names of the Father and Son, as they were originally written by the inspired authors of the Bible. -WLC Team
