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Stimulating theology is an oxymoron for most people. "Theology" sounds like something for the severely intellectual, full of complicated ideas that escape the typical Christian reader. In reality, theology is meant to enhance our understanding of God. Most of the words that make up the Christian vocabulary are common words, drawn from the realities of life, and therefore are easily applicable to...

THE WORD messiah comes from the Hebrew māsıı̂aḥ, which means “anointed one.” The related verb māsıaḥ means “to anoint with oil.” Each priest was consecrated to God by anointing with oil (Exod. 29:7), so that he was called “the anointed priest” (Lev. 4:3, 5, 16). Kings, too, were called the Lord’s “anointed” (1 Sam. 2:10, 35; Pss. 20:6; 28:8), including Saul (1 Sam. 12:3, 5; 26:9, 11, 23; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16), David (19:21; Pss. 2:2; 18:50), and even Cyrus, king of Persia (Isa. 45:1). Even
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