Does the word "Missiah" really mean GOD? or
does it even have anything to do with GOD's diety?
Questions from my brother in Islam Isam to Nick, who is Jewish and speaks Hebrew fluently:
Please answer these questions according to Judaism:
1. Does the "messia" mean God according to your Torah?
Of coz not - messiah is just "anointed one" ,It reffer to kings ,first priests .Modern meaning of messiah is last king ,that will establish peace and staff .
2. Is God a 3-in-1 according to your Torah?
God is one ,no gods beside Lord .
3. Is there or isn't there a difference between God and the angel of God according to the
Hebrew Torah terminology?
Yes - angel is malakh .Sometimes El used for angels ,but this is very rarely .
4. Who is the messia according to Judaism? Is he a jew?
As I said messiah has two meanings : just one that was anointed (then all Jewish kings and
even some non-jewish are messias) and last king that will establish peace ... This last
king must be from root of David ,so he is Jew .
5. Where will the messia come from? Will he be born like normal humans or will he
descend (be sent by God) from God or will he appear suddenlt on earth?
He will born like normal human .
6. When will he appear according to biblical prophecies?
Bible doesn't says about it .Mystical Jewish teaching -Kabala tells that messiah must come
before Y6K acording Jewish calendar ( this is 5760 year - less then 240 years ).
Messia will be like David - king ,prophet ,judge - that's why Bible calls messia
"David" .
Regards
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