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v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor="#CCCC99" background="_themes/topo/toptxtr.gif" lang=EN-US link="#006633" vlink="#999900" style='tab-interval:.5in' alink="#339966"> <div class=Section1> <h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#003333'>Messiah</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:maroon'>Matthew <span class=GramE>16:20<span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Jesus</span></span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'> told his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah [CEV]</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:maroon'>Matthew <span class=GramE>16:20<span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Then</span></span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'> charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ [KJV]</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191'>Did Jesus expect His Disciples to lie for Him?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Or is this a claim that He was not  the messiah ?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'>Is it only Pharisees who claim Jesus was &quot;the messiah&quot;?</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The word &quot;messiah&quot; appears twice in the KJV version of the New Testament:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:teal'>John 1:41</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> He first <span class=SpellE>findeth</span> his own brother Simon, and <span class=SpellE>saith</span> unto him, <span class=GramE>We</span> have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:teal'>John 4:25</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <span class=GramE>The</span> woman <span class=SpellE>saith</span> unto him, I know that <span class=SpellE>Messias</span> cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </blockquote> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'>G3323</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt; margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>œµÃù±Â</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt; margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>Messias</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt; margin-left:.75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>Total KJV Occurrences:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'> 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.9in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none'><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic"; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>messias</span></b></span></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>, 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style='margin-left:.75in'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:green'>Joh_1:41</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'>, </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:green'>Joh_4:25</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#000040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000040'>The CEV version above translated  <span class=SpellE>christos</span> as  Messiah 67 times, which no other translator agreed with, and which is not a valid representation of the Word of God:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'>G5547<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt; margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>Total KJV Occurrences:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'> 569<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none'><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>christ</span></b></span></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>, 553<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>christ s</span></b></span></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>, 16</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt; margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>§Á¹ÃÄ¿Â</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt; margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic","serif";mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'>Christos</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic"; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt; margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'>khris-tos</span></i></span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'>'</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia; color:windowtext'>From </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:green'>G5548</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TITUS Cyberbit Basic";mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;color:windowtext'>; <i>anointed</i>, that is, the <i>Messiah</i>, an epithet of Jesus: - Christ.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#000040'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000040'>Where did they learn about &quot;the messiah&quot;, since it's not even discussed in the Old Testament?&nbsp; From the Pharisees, who Jesus issued the following warning to us about:</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:teal'>Matthew 16:6</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> Then Jesus said unto them, </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'>Take heed</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>and</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>beware</span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'>of</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>the</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>yeast</span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'>of</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>the</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>Pharisees</span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:red'>and</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>of</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>the</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:red'>Sadducees.</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000040'>In the Old Testament, of 39 occurrences of the Hebrew word &quot;<span class=SpellE>mashiyach</span>&quot;, it's translated as &quot;anointed&quot; 37 times, once in reference to the king of Babylon who took the Israelites <span class=GramE>captive, and &quot;Messiah&quot;</span> only twice:</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Dan 9:25</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Know therefore and understand, </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>that</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Messiah</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> the Prince </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>shall</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><i><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>be</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Dan 9:26</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> And after threescore and two weeks shall </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Messiah</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:gray'>shall</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>be</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is the same word that appears as &quot;anointed&quot; in Leviticus 4:16, 1 Samuels 2:10, and 2 Chronicles 6:42:</span><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:teal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Lev 4:16 <span class=GramE>And</span> the priest that is </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:red'>anointed</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:teal'> shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: </span><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:teal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>1Sa 2:10 <span class=GramE>The</span> adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>anointed</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:teal'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>2Ch 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of <span class=SpellE>thine</span> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>anointed</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>: remember the mercies of David thy servant. </span><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:teal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </blockquote> <p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000040'>Who are the &quot;anointed&quot;?&nbsp; The priests are anointed of the LORD.&nbsp; David refers<span class=GramE>&nbsp; to</span> Saul and to himself as &quot;anointed of the LORD&quot;.&nbsp; Even the Persian King Cyrus is referred to as &quot;his anointed&quot;, proof that it's a translation &quot;error&quot; at least to presume it means &quot;messiah&quot; when Daniel used this word, twice.&nbsp; If the LORD views both His priests and Cyrus as His anointed, then clearly it's a reference to someone who does His bidding, either good or bad, not just a &quot;savior&quot;:</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span><b><span style='color:maroon'>Isa 45:1</span></b> Thus <span class=SpellE>saith</span> the LORD to <span class=style21>his anointed</span>, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have <span class=SpellE>holden</span>, to subdue nations before him; and I will <span class=SpellE>loose</span> the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;<span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1><span style='color:teal'>Isa 45:2</span> I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: </p> <p>Since John is the only one who used this term in the New Testament, twice, and since he interpreted it as &quot;the Christ&quot; and not simply &quot;Christ&quot;, we now must suspect that &quot;the anointed&quot; is a reference to more than just Jesus.&nbsp; Here is <a href="/aek/adoption.htm">Arnold Kennedy</a> on this <strong><i><u>vital</u></i></strong> issue:</p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=style21><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>As <span class=SpellE>xristos</span> </span></i></span><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>christos</span></span>]</span></span><span class=style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> is in the genitive case, it means  of or  belonging to an anointed. There is no sound reason why the AV should alter this to  with Christ . Surely He cannot be regarded as a joint-heir to these promises. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;margin-left:.5in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=style2 style='margin-left:.5in'>Consequently, verse&nbsp;17&nbsp;is better translated:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style3 style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&quot;If we are children then we are heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs belonging to an anointed people.&quot;</span><o:p></o:p></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;margin-left:.5in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in; margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <p class=style2 style='margin-left:.5in'>The &quot;joint&quot; <span class=GramE>heirs refers</span> to all of Israel, that is, the circumcised and the uncircumcised who constitute the two parts of the one anointed people.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>God's Law commands us, His anointed, heirs to His Everlasting Covenant, the holy seed, the pure genetic descendants of Jacob and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that to make such an important change or addition to the Torah must have three witnesses.&nbsp; Daniel would be a sufficient witness except that we now know that men, mere translators or church men, and <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>jews</span></span>, particularly <span class=SpellE>Masoretic</span> <span class=SpellE>jews</span>, changed his words to suit their biases, or worse.&nbsp; God would be a sufficient witness but He never used this word to refer to any  Messiah , ever.&nbsp; And Jesus would be a sufficient witness but He too never is quoted as having spoken the term, phrase, or concept of &quot;Messiah&quot; except in <span class=GramE>the misquote</span> above by zealous translators like the CEV.&nbsp; We have only one witness, John, but his use of the term &quot;messiah&quot; appears to be a reference to all of the House of Israel, or part [the <a href="appolumi.htm"><span class=SpellE>appolumi</span></a> part] of the House of Israel, rather than to Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>None of the &quot;early church fathers&quot; can be trusted to be witnesses to anything of God, particularly with regard to adding words, concepts, phrases, and sins to the Word of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>H4899</span></b></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ma^</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>shi^yach</span></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=GramE><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>maw-<span class=SpellE>shee</span></span></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>'-<span class=SpellE>akh</span></span></i></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From H4886; <i>anointed</i>; usually a <i>consecrated</i> person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically the <i>Messiah: - </i>anointed, Messiah.</span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Total KJV Occurrences:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 39</span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>anointed</span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, 37</span></b></p> </blockquote> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Lev_4:3</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Lev_4:5</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Lev_4:16</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Lev_6:22</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_2:10</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_2:35</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>1Sa_12:3</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_24:5-6</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (4), </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_24:10</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_26:9</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>1Sa_26:11</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_26:16</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Sa_26:23</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>2Sa_1:14</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>2Sa_1:16</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>2Sa_19:21</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'> (2), </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>2Sa_22:51</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>2Sa_23:1</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>1Ch_16:22</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>2Ch_6:42</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_2:2</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_18:50</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Psa_20:6</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_84:8-9</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (2), </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_89:38</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_89:51</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Psa_105:15</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_132:10</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Psa_132:17</span></u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Isa_45:1</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Lam_4:20</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, </span><u><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Hab_3:13</span></u><u><span style='color: green'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>messiah</span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, 2</span></b></p> </blockquote> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:green'>Dan_9:25-26</span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (2)</span> </p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; conclusion can only be that the concept of  messiah is not of God, not of Jesus, not of the House of Israel, but is of <span class=SpellE>jews</span>, or zealous biased translators, or  early church fathers who followed an obvious pattern of patting each other on the back as they moved further and further from the Word of God or Command of God, something Jesus heartily condemned the Pharisees for:</p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:teal'>Jesus replied,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:red'> &quot;And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:teal'> Matthew 15:3</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>Making the word of God of none effect</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>through</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>your</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>tradition,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>which</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>ye</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>have</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>delivered:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>and</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>many</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>such</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>like things</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red'>do</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:red'>ye.</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:teal'>Mark 7:13</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>