Beliving Jesus

This article is about the concept of a savior. For the oratorio by George Frideric Handel, see  Messiah (Handel) . For other uses, see  Messiah (disambiguation) . In  Abrahamic religions , the  Messiah  ( Hebrew :  מָשִׁיחַ ‎,  translit.   māšîaḥ ‎),  Christ  ( Greek :  Χριστός ,  translit.   Khristós ), or  Mahdi  ( Arabic :  مهدي ‎‎,  ISO 233 :  mahdī ) is the one chosen to lead the world and thereby save it. The concepts of  Moshiach ,  Messianism , and  Messianic Age  originated in  Judaism , and in the  Hebrew Bible . The term comes from the Hebrew verb meaning "to apply oil to," to anoint. In the  Hebrew Bible , Israel's kings were sometimes called God's "messiah" -- God's anointed one. A moshiach (messiah) could also be an anointed  high priest  or  prophet . Messiahs were not even exclusively Jewish, as the Hebrew Bible refers to  Cyrus the Great , king of Persia, as a messiah for his decree to  rebuild the Jerusalem Temple . In Judais

This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses, see  Jesus (disambiguation) . "Christ" redirects here. For the Christian theological concept of the Messiah, see  Christ (title) . For other uses, see  Christ (disambiguation) . Jesus [e]  ( / ˈ dʒ iː z ə s /   jee -zuss ; c. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33), also referred to as  Jesus of Nazareth  or  Jesus Christ , [f]  was a  Jewish  preacher [13]  and religious leader who became the central figure of  Christianity .  Christians  believe him to be the  Son of God  and the awaited  Messiah  ( Christ ) prophesied in the  Old Testament . [14] [15] Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that  Jesus existed historically , [g]  although the  quest for the historical Jesus  has produced little agreement on the  historical reliability of the Gospels  and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the  historical Jesus . [22] [23] [24]  Jesus was a  Galilean   Jew [13]  who was  baptized  by  John the Baptist  and su