MESSIAH
(See also Christs [False]; Jesus Christ; Seventy Weeks of Years)
ancestry: w78 2/15 26; w78 4/1 12-15; w74 105-106; po 83, 85, 88-90, 95, 100-102; ad 920; w66 377-378; w65 726; w64 454-456; bf 402-404; w59 235-237, 316, 358, 592-593; w58 230-232, 494, 667, 728; pa 157; yw 130-131; w57 191; lg 35; w50 208; g49 2/22 24-25; ki 39-40
anointed with holy spirit: hs 81-82
baptizes with—
fire: hs 83
holy spirit: hs 83
Bethlehem to be the birthplace of: po 123, 127; ad 223
counterfeits: g83 3/22 3-5, 8-9; w81 12/1 3; w78 5/15 21; w78 12/15 7-8; w74 682; ka 296-297, 320-322; ad 315; w70 42-43; w68 429; w64 646; w59 357; g58 7/8 20; w57 613-616, 677-678
discussion: g83 3/22 3-11; kc 58-67; g76 4/8 23-27; g73 9/8 27-28; ad 1146-1149; g66 4/22 21-25; w64 453-457; w59 357-360; w57 677-680; g55 5/22 5-8; lg 31-41; g50 4/22 25-27
Handel’s oratorio Messiah: g69 12/22 6-7
identified: ce 221-222; uw 29-32; kc 58-67; g76 4/8 25-27; w74 235-236; po 135-136, 138-141, 143-145; w72 241; ad 1146-1149; g71 12/8 8-9; g71 12/22 27-28; w69 28-29; is 113-116; w66 377-381; g66 4/22 21-25; w65 726-728; ms 283-284; w64 245, 454-457; g63 7/8 27; w59 358-360, 378; yw 145; w57 677-680; g55 5/22 5-8; w52 31-32; lg 31-41; w51 446-447; el 81-91; ew 50; w49 277-278; w46 343-344; ep 21; g44 8/30 17-19; g44 9/13 16-17; w33 331-333
Israel “Messianic” nation: po 98-99
Jehovah foreknew: ad 599; w70 476-477
Jehovah’s ‘eternal purpose’: po 60, 64, 102, 129, 156-157
Jews’ beliefs: w81 4/15 4-8; w78 5/15 19-22; g76 4/8 25-26; w73 716; g73 9/8 27-28; ad 1147; g71 12/8 7-9; w66 101; w64 454, 456, 575; g63 5/8 5-6; g63 7/8 28; g63 9/22 27; w59 357; w57 677; w56 324-328; g55 5/22 7; w54 400; w49 243; g49 7/22 8; ep 82-83
attitude of Jews of first century C.E.: g83 3/22 4-5, 8; w72 654
Messiah expected in first century C.E.: w84 4/1 13; w84 12/1 9-10; w82 10/1 6; hp 142
John the Baptizer, the forerunner: w85 9/1 8-9; w85 12/15 8-9; w84 2/15 11-13; hs 78-79, 82-83, 90-91; w71 239; ad 945-946; li 86-87; w65 694-695
Kingdom:
“everlasting kingdom” (2Pe 1:11): w80 12/1 30-31
“no end” of (Lu 1:33): w77 10; w77 287
relationship to Jehovah’s universal kingdom: w80 12/1 30-31
meaning of term: po 8, 60; w71 240-241; ad 1146; w70 41-42; w69 29, 619; w66 615; kd 6; w65 632, 726; im 209; w64 113, 460; w62 230; w61 684; w59 357; lg 31, 38; rm 143-144; el 86; g50 4/22 25; w46 169; ki 212; g44 8/2 18; g44 8/30 17; w43 37; tf 251; w40 251; se40 4; w32 154
pictured by—
“signal” (Isa 11:10-12): hs 173-175
“sprout” (Isa 11:1): hs 171-173; sl 173-175
“twig” (Isa 11:1): hs 171-173; sl 173-175
prophecies: kc 67; w80 10/1 15; po 123, 125-129, 146, 151-153; ts 154-155; g73 9/8 27-28; w72 241-242; ad 844-846, 1146-1148; is 113-116
70 weeks: w84 4/1 13-14; w84 12/1 9-10; g83 3/22 6, 10-11; kc 58-66; g76 4/8 25-27; po 131-132, 144-145; g73 9/8 28; ad 1473-1476; g71 12/8 6-9; w70 41-42; w69 28, 222, 359; w67 260, 647; w66 379-380, 685; g66 4/22 22-23; w65 628-633, 727; ms 89; bf 384-391; g63 5/8 6; w59 342, 359-360; pa 121-122; yw 136; w57 742; g55 5/22 6; g52 12/22 25-26; el 81-91; ew 48-51; g50 4/22 25-26; g50 12/22 25-26; w46 360-362; ki 253-254
chart of prophecies fulfilled: gh 145; ad 1148; ew 50; g50 4/22 26; ep 21
over which he could have no control: ce 221
Psalms: w79 7/15 30-31
“servant” (Isa 52:13; 53:11): g83 3/22 7-8; sl 30-89
resurrection: g83 3/22 7-9, 11; g82 4/8 10-13; sl 27-29
‘seed of woman’: w76 683; hs 104-105; po 60
“sign” of presence (Mt 24; Mr 13; Lu 21): ce 223-227; su 21-29; tr 82-84, 86-93; gh 148-149
sufferings: g83 3/22 7-8; hs 99-101; po 146-147
when Jesus became: hs 90-94
why came when he did: w73 580-582
world is desperately in need of a messiah (quote): w80 10/1 18