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• Messianic ProphecyBible

  Messianic prophecy refers to Old Testament passages understood to point to the anointed deliverer who was to come, the Messiah. The New Testament regards these prophecies as fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

• TamarPeople

  Tamar is chiefly the woman in Genesis 38 who bore Perez and Zerah to her father-in-law Judah and whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew name means "palm tree."

• KyriosBible

  Kyrios (κύριος) is a Greek word meaning "lord" or "master." The Septuagint used it to render the name of God, and in the New Testament it is the principal title for Jesus Christ.

• BoazPeople

  Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

• MaryPeople

  Mary is the woman presented in the New Testament as the mother of Jesus Christ. Protestants and Catholics both confess the virgin birth, but they differ in their understanding of Mary's status and of the veneration due to her.

• DrusillaPeople

  Drusilla was a Jewish woman mentioned in Acts 24 and the wife of the Roman governor Felix. Together with her husband, she heard Paul speak about faith in Christ Jesus while he was held in custody at Caesarea.

• ObedPeople

  Obed is the son of Boaz and Ruth in the Book of Ruth. He was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David, and his name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke.

• Feeding of the Five ThousandBible

  The Feeding of the Five Thousand is the miracle in which Jesus Christ fed a crowd of about five thousand men, not counting women and children, with five loaves of bread and two fish. It is recorded in all four Gospels.

• Galatians 3:28Bible Verses

  Galatians 3:28 declares that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, "neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." It is a key text on the unity of the church and carries significant weight in debates over the ordination of women, the equality of men and women, and slavery.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHeresies & Cults

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a religious organization founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830 and commonly known as the Mormon Church. It accepts the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible. In South Korea, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Korean Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), and other denominations have declared it heretical.

• Jesus ChristDoctrine & Theology

  Jesus Christ is the central figure of the Christian faith. Christianity confesses Jesus of Nazareth, who ministered in first-century Judea and was crucified, as the Messiah and the Son of God, and calls him by this name.

• Temptation of ChristBible

  The temptation of Christ is the event in which Jesus Christ, after his baptism, fasted for forty days in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• The Last SupperBible

  The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus Christ shared with the twelve disciples on the night before his crucifixion. At this meal Jesus distributed the bread and the cup and spoke of the new covenant, and the church's Lord's Supper (Communion) originated with it.

• Kingship of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.

• Nativity of JesusBible

  The Nativity of Jesus is the birth of Jesus Christ to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem of Judea. It is recorded in Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2.

• Crucifixion of JesusBible

  The crucifixion is the event in which Jesus Christ, sentenced by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, was nailed to a cross and died at Golgotha outside the walls of Jerusalem. All four Gospels record it.

• Seven Last Words of ChristBible

  The Seven Last Words of Christ is the traditional name for the seven sayings that Jesus Christ spoke from the cross before his death, as gathered from the four Gospels.

• The Two Natures of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The two natures of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ possesses, in one person, both a truly divine nature (divinity) and a truly human nature (humanity). It was formally defined at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

• The Imitation of ChristChristian Life

  The imitation of Christ is an attitude of faith that seeks to live according to the character and life of Jesus Christ. The term also refers to a fifteenth-century devotional book of the same title, traditionally attributed to Thomas à Kempis.

• Prophetic Office of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The prophetic office of Christ is the office by which Jesus Christ reveals and makes known to humanity the will of God and the way of salvation. Together with his priestly and kingly offices, it constitutes the threefold office (munus triplex) of Christ.