Sunday, August 19, 2012

Question 4 U: Was Jesus's last name Christ?

Thanks to Aidan from New Mexico!


Although it would make sense, Jesus did not go by Mr. Christ or sign His bank checks "Jesus Christ" (actually there were no "banks" like we have today nor did Jesus need a driver's license).

The word Christ comes from the Greek language.  The Greek translated the word "Messiah" from Hebrew [the Jewish language].  Messiah means "Anointed".  So basically Christ is a title given to Jesus because he was the Son of God who became a man. 

His first name, "Jesus", is important.  In the Old Testament, this guy named Isaiah predicted that the Savior should be named "Jesus" which means God saves.

So if  you put it together. Jesus Christ means "God Saves and Anoints."  Kind of cool, isn't it.  One day we'll piece together Jesus's family tree.  We won't need ancestry.com for this.

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