3.

What does the Language say about the Messiah

Messianic Figures)
b.

Messianic terms
i. Good News

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: basar
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-sar')
Short Definition: news

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

messenger, preach, publish, show forth, bear, bring, carry,
preach A primitive root; properly, to be fresh, i.e. Full
(rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news) -messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring,
carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings

OT usage
Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news,
Lift up your voice mightily,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Lift it up, do not fear.
Say to the cities of Judah,
Here is your God!
How
Are
Who
And
Who
And

lovely on the mountains

the feet of him who brings good news,
announces peace
brings good news of happiness,
announces salvation,
says to Zion, Your God reigns!

(Isaiah 40:9)

(Isaiah 52:7)

NT usage
16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up;
and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the
Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the book of the
prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and
found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed
Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to
proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to
the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,
19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.
20 And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and
sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on
Him. 21 And He began to say to them, Today this Scripture

has been fulfilled in your hearing.

(Luke 4:16-20)
2 Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of
Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to Him,
Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone
else? 4 Jesus answered and said to them, Go and report to
John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive sight and
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel
preached to them. 6 And blessed is he who does not take
offense at Me.
(John 11:2-4)

ii.

Sign(s)
Original ord
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: oth
Phonetic Spelling: (oth)
Short Definition: sign

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

mark, miracle, ensign Probably from 'uwth (in the sense of
appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a
flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc. -mark, miracle, (en-)sign, token. see HEBREW 'uwth
OT-sign
The signs of the end times are to encourage us that God has
a plan and His plan is ultimately to glorify Himself. The
signs will be fulfilled, and His plan will come to pass
exactly as He has foreordained it for His perfect purpose
and according to His good pleasure. "I make known the end
from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to
come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that
I please'" (Isaiah 46:10 NIV).
Exo 12:13
The blood shall be a sign for you on the
houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass
over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when
I strike the land of Egypt.
Isa 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a
sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son,
and she will call His name Immanuel.
Isa 19:20
It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD
of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the
LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior
and a Champion, and He will deliver them.

Eze 24:24
Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according
to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then
you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'
OT-signs
ii.

Signs
Original Word:
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nachash
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khash')
Short Definition: divination

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

certainly, divine, enchanter, use enchantment, learn
by experience, diligently observe
A primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. Whisper a (magic)
spell; generally, to prognosticate -- X certainly, divine,
enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X
indeed, diligently observe.
Gen 1:14
Then God said, Let there be lights in then
expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night,
and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and
years;
Dan
And
His
And

4:3
How great are His signs
how mighty are His wonders!
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom
His dominion is from generation to generation.
NT-signs

Luk 17:20
Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as
to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and
said, The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be
observed;
Luk 21:7 They questioned Him, saying, Teacher, when
therefore will these things happen? And what will be the
sign when these things are about to take place? 8 And He
said, See to it that you are not misled; for many will
come in My name, saying, I am He, and, The time is
near. Do not go after them. 9 When you hear of wars and
disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must
take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.
Things to Come 10 Then He continued by saying to them,
Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against
kingdom, 11 and there will be great earthquakes, and in
various places plagues and famines; and there will be
terrors and great [g]signs from heaven.
Jhn 3:2
this man came to Jesus by night and said to
Him, Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a

teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless

God is with him.
Jhn 7:31
But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they
were saying, When the Christ comes, He will not perform
more signs than those which this man has, will He?
1Co 1:22
For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search
for wisdom;
Rev 13:14
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth
because of the signs which it was given him to perform in
the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the
earth to make an image to the beast who *had the wound of
the sword and has come to life.
iii.

Miracles
Original Word:
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mopheth
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-faith')
Short Definition: wonders

There are approximately 36 miracles recorded by the

apostles in the gospels. John writes in 21:25: there were
many other things that Jesus did, which if they were
written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that would be written. Out of
31/2 years of ministry approximately 1400 days only 36
miracles were recorded, certainly Jesus could have
performed all these in one week or even one day. But the
authors were lead to pick out certain ones throughout His
ministry. Their emphasis was on Jesus, His teachings, His
communicating the nature of God to man
OT usage
Deut 13:1-3
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams
arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and
the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he
spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods (whom you
have not known) and let us serve them, 3 you shall not
listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of
dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if
you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul
Isa. 35:3-6:
Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm
the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, Be
strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with
vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and
save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame
shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams
in the desert.

Isa. 43:7-9: Everyone who is called by My name, whom I

have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have
made him. Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and
the deaf who have ears. Let all the nations be gathered
together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them
can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring
out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let
them hear and say, It is truth.
Mic 7:15
As in the days when you came out from the land
of Egypt, I will show you miracles.
NT-usage
Mt. 11:3-6, Luke 4 While John was in jail he said to Him,
Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another? Jesus
answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things
which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk;
the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are
raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.
Luk 19:37
As soon as He was approaching, near the descent
of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples
began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the
miracles which they had seen,
Act 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus
the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles
and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in
your midst, just as you yourselves know
iv.

Kingdom of God

The kingdom of God embraces all created intelligence, both

in heaven and earth that are willingly subject to the Lord
and are in fellowship with Him. The kingdom of God is,
therefore, universal in that it includes created angels and
men. It is eternal, as God is eternal, and it is spiritual
found within all born-again believers.
The kingdom of God is the rule of an eternal sovereign God
over all creatures and things (Psalm 103:19; Daniel 4:3)

OT-usage

The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His
sovereignty rules over all.
(Psalm 103:19)
"How great are His signs And how mighty are His wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom And His dominion is
from generation to generation.
(Daniel 4:3)
NT-usage
Mar 1:15
and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the
gospel.
Luk 8:1
Soon afterwards, He began going around from one
city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the
kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,
Jhn 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly,
I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
Mat 3: 2Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Question: "What is the difference between the Kingdom of
God and the Kingdom of Heaven?"
Answer: While some believe that the Kingdom of God and
Kingdom of Heaven are referring to different things, it is
clear that both phrases are referring to the same thing.
The phrase kingdom of God occurs 68 times in 10 different
New Testament books, while kingdom of heaven occurs only
32 times, and only in the Gospel of Matthew. Based on
Matthews exclusive use of the phrase and the Jewish nature
of his Gospel, some interpreters have concluded that
Matthew was writing concerning the millennial kingdom while
the other New Testament authors were referring to the
universal kingdom. However, a closer study of the use of
the phrase reveals that this interpretation is in error.
Christ uses kingdom of heaven and kingdom of God
interchangeably. Then Jesus said to his disciples, I tell
you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:23). In the very next
verse, Christ proclaims, Again I tell you, it is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God (verse 24). Jesus
makes no distinction between the two terms but seems to
consider them synonymous.

v.

Woe
oy: woe!
Part of Speech: Interjection
Transliteration: oy
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-ee)
Short Definition: woe

OT-usage
Jer 23:1
Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and
scattering the sheep of My pasture! declares the LORD.
Eze 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of
Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, Thus says the
Lord GOD, Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding
themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
NT Usage
Mat 23:13
hypocrites,
people; for
allow those

But woe to you,

because you shut
you do not enter
who are entering

scribes and Pharisees,

off the kingdom of heaven from
in yourselves, nor do you
to go in.

Luk 6:25
Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall
be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn
and weep.
Rev 8:13
Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in
midheaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to
those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining
blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to
sound!
Question: "What are the three woes of Revelation?"
Answer: Woe means grief, anguish, affliction; the three
woes of Revelation are the final judgment God pronounces on
the evil inhabitants of the earth in order to spur them to
repentance (Revelation 9:20). The three woes are, indeed, a
time of great anguish and affliction for those who have
pledged their allegiance to the Antichrist during the end
times.
vi.

The Judgment
mishpat: judgment
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mishpat
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-pawt')
Short Definition: justice

OT-usage
Psa 9:8
And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
Jer 25:31 A clamor has come to the end of the earth,
Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations.
He is entering into judgment with all flesh;
As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,'
declares the LORD.
Eze 39:21 And I will set My glory among the nations; and
all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed
and My hand which I have laid on them.
Dan 7:22
until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was
passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the
time arrived when the saints took possession of the
kingdom.
NT-usage
Mat 10:15 Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment
than for that city
Luk 11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand up with this
generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they
repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something
greater than Jonah is here.
John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My
word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and
does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death
into life. 25Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is
coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of
the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26For just
as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the
Son also to have life in Himself; 27and He gave Him
authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of
Man. 28Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in
which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29and
will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a
resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds
to a resurrection of judgment.
Rev 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and
judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those
who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus
and because of the word of God, and those who had not
worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the
mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to
life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

vii.

Banquet
mishteh: a feast, drink
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mishteh
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-teh')
Short Definition: banquet

OT-usage
Exo 24:9
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel,
Exo 24:10 and they saw the God of Israel; and under His
feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear
as the sky itself.
Exo 24:11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the
nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they
ate and drank.
Isa 25:6
The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet
for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine,
choice pieces with marrow,
And refined, aged wine.
NT-usage
Rev 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory
to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His
bride has made herself ready.
Rev 19:9
Then he said to me, Write, Blessed are those
who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' And
he said to me, These are true words of God.
viii.

Consolationsnechamah: comfort
Original Word:
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: nechamah
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-aw-maw')
Short Definition: comfort

consolation, comfort, solace; that which affords comfort

or refreshment thus of the Messianic salvation (so the
Rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter)
OT-usage
Isa 40:1
Comfort, O comfort My people, says your God.
Console, console My people: He returns to his future
prophecies; since from here to the end of the Book are
words of consolations, this section separated them from

the prophecies of retribution. Console, you, My prophets,

console My people.
Consolation of Israel: A name for the Messiah in common
use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isaiah 12:1;
49:13. The Greek word thus rendered (Luke 2:25,
paraklesis) is kindred to that translated "Comforter" in
John 14:16, etc., parakletos
NT-usage
Luke 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem,
whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and
devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the
Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by
the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he
had seen the Lord's Christ.
Rom 15:4
For whatever was written in earlier times was
written for our instruction, so that through perseverance
and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have
hope.

ix.

Prophecyprophteia: prophecy
Original Word: , ,
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: prophteia
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay-ti'-ah)
Short Definition: prophecy
Definition: prophecy, prophesying; the gift
of communicating and enforcing revealed
truth.

OT-usage
Neh 6:12
Then I perceived that surely God had not sent
him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah
and Sanballat had hired him.
Dan 9:24
Seventy weeks have been decreed for your
people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to
make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to
bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and
prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
NT-usage
Mat 13:14 In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being
fulfilled, which says,
YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;

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x.

Fulfill
suph: to be fulfilled
Original Word:
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: suph
Phonetic Spelling: (soof)
Short Definition: fulfilled

OT-usage
1Ki 2:27
So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest
to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD,
which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
NT-usage
Mat 1:22
Now all this took place to fulfill what was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
Mat 5:17. Do not think that I have come to loosen the
Torah or the Prophets. I have not come to loosen but to
fulfill them through proper interpretation.
ix.

Eternal Life
olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word:
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm')
Short Definition: forever

OT-usage
Dan 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the
others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
NT-usage
Jhn 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not
perish, but have eternal life.
Jhn 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think
that in them you have eternal life; it is these that
testify about Me;

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xii.

Resurrection

Original Word: , ,
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: anastasis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-as'-tas-is)
Short Definition: a rising again, resurrection
Definition: a rising again, resurrection.
Enoch (Genesis 5:24; cf. Hebrews 11:5) and Elijah (2 Kings
2:1011) were taken by God from this life into another
realm. The details are few, but it appears that Enoch and
Elijah passed from this life into the next without
experiencing death, as we know it.
Gen 5:24
took him.

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God

2Ki 2:11
As they were going along and talking, behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which
separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a
whirlwind to heaven.
Jhn 5:29
and will come forth; those who did the good
deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the
evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
Jhn 11:24
Martha *said to Him, I know that he will rise
again in the resurrection on the last day.
Rev 20:5
The rest of the dead did not come to life until
the thousand years were completed. This is the first
resurrection.

xiii.

Last Days

acharit-hayamim in Hebrew - literally the end of the days

eschatos: last, extreme
Original Word: , ,
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: eschatos
Phonetic Spelling: (es'-khat-os)
Short Definition: last, at the last, finally
Definition: last, at the last, finally, till
the end
OT-usage
Isa 2:2
Now it will come about that In the last days
The mountain of the house of the LORD
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

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Eze 38:16
and you will come up against My people Israel
like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the
last days that I will bring you against My land, so that
the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you
before their eyes, O Gog.
Hos 3:5
Afterward the sons of Israel will return and
seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will
come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last
days.
NT-usage
2Ti 3:1
But realize this, that in the last days
difficult times will come.

xiv.

Day of the Lord

shod: violence, havoc, devastation, ruin

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shod
Phonetic Spelling: (shode)
Short Definition: destruction
OT-usage
Oba 1:15
For the day of the LORD draws near on all the
nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your
dealings will return on your own head.
Mal 4:5
Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of
the LORD.
NT-usage
1Co 5:5
I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan
for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Th 5:2
For you yourselves know full well that the day
of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
2Pe 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the
elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth
and its works will be burned up

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