Christ

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Messiah, Jesus

Explanation

Messiah is used in the Jewish tradition to refer to the expected leader sent by God, who will bring salvation to God’s people. Jesus’ followers applied this title to him, and its Greek equivalent, Christ, is the where we get the words ‘Christian’ and ‘Christianity’.

Context

For Christians, Jesus is the ‘Christ’ – that is the one sent by God to save people from the consequences of the things they do wrong.

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Orbiting Earth at this very moment, the alien survey ship “Pantheon” is abducting people to collect data about their belief systems. Reverend Harry is beamed into the interrogation chamber to answer questions about Christianity.