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• Messiah

  From the Hebrew for "anointed one." In the Old Testament the term was applied to kings, priests, and others, and it later came to designate the deliverer whom God would send. The New Testament confesses Jesus as the Messiah, that is, the Christ.

• Isaiah 61:1–3

  A passage in which one anointed by the Spirit of God proclaims liberty and comfort to the poor, the brokenhearted, and the captives. It is frequently cited because Jesus read it in the synagogue at Nazareth and declared that it was fulfilled in him.

• Isaiah 61

  Isaiah 61 is a chapter in which one anointed by the Spirit of the LORD proclaims liberty and "the acceptable year of the LORD" to the poor and the captives, and celebrates the restoration of Zion and an everlasting covenant.

• Leviticus 4

  Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings and different ways of handling the blood for the anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, and one of the common people.

• Jesus Christ

  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 it is by this name that he is known.

• Sin Offering

  The sin offering is one of the Old Testament sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus. Offered for sins committed unknowingly and for ritual impurity, it involved putting an animal's blood on the altar and sprinkling it. The New Testament connects it with the death of Christ.

• Psalm 3

  Psalm 3 is an eight-verse prayer presented as a psalm David composed when he fled from his son Absalom. Facing many enemies, the psalmist confesses the LORD as his shield and asks for deliverance.

• 1 Samuel 16:7

  Before David was anointed king, God said to Samuel, "For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." The verse is widely cited as a lesson against judging people by their appearance or circumstances.

• Psalm 2

  Psalm 2 is a royal psalm in which the nations and their kings rise against the LORD and his anointed king, yet God installs his king on Zion, declares him "my Son," and urges the rulers to fear the LORD.

• 1 Samuel 16:11–13

  This passage recounts how Samuel anointed David, the youngest son of Jesse, and how the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. It marks the turning point at which kingship passes from Saul to David and is frequently cited in discussions of divine election and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

• Shammah (son of Jesse)

  Shammah was the third son of Jesse of Bethlehem and an older brother of David. He appears as one of the sons whom God did not choose when Samuel anointed David.

• 1 Samuel 10

  1 Samuel 10 recounts how Samuel privately anoints Saul and foretells three signs, after which Saul is publicly chosen as king before all the people at Mizpeh.

• Psalm 2:12

  The final verse of Psalm 2, which warns the kings of the earth to submit to the king whom the LORD has installed ("the Son") and pronounces a blessing on those who take refuge in the LORD. It is widely read as a prophecy of Christ and is frequently discussed because of the difficulty of translating the Hebrew word rendered "Son."

• Samuel

  Samuel, who appears in 1 Samuel, was the last judge of Israel and a prophet. Born in answer to Hannah's prayer and raised under the priest Eli, he anointed Saul and David and ushered in the era of the monarchy.

• Isaiah 45

  Isaiah 45 is a prophecy in which God calls Cyrus his "anointed" and uses him to set captive Israel free. The chapter also declares that there is no God besides the LORD and invites all peoples to the ends of the earth to be saved.

• 2 Samuel 2

  In 2 Samuel 2, after Saul's death, David is anointed king of Judah at Hebron, and his forces first clash at Gibeon with those of Ish-bosheth, whom Abner had made king over Israel.

• Presentation of the Lord

  The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a feast of the church year that commemorates the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth. Western churches usually observe it on February 2.

• Day of the Lord

  The Day of the Lord is an expression used by the Old Testament prophets for the time when God intervenes directly in history to bring about judgment and salvation. The New Testament takes it up as "the day of the Lord" and "the day of Christ," connecting it with the Second Coming and the Last Judgment.

• The Fear of the Lord

  The fear of the Lord is a central Old Testament expression for an attitude of reverence and awe toward God. It is presented especially in the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, Psalms, and Job, as the foundation of wisdom and knowledge.

• The Sabbath and the Lord's Day

  A discussion of whether Christians should observe the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath or the first-day (Sunday) Lord's Day, and whether the Lord's Day should be kept in the manner of the Old Testament Sabbath.