Jehovah’s Witnesses agree that Jesus is the Christ or Messiah, meaning anointed one, but they attach such a narrow definition to the term that they miss much of its significance. The Watchtower declares that “Jesus could not bear the title ‘Christ’ until he was anointed by Jehovah’s spirit at the time of his baptism in 29 C.E.” (January 1, 1969, page 29) It stresses this limited application of the title “Christ” because JW leaders view Jesus Christ as an earthly manifestation of Michael the Archangel,