14 Titles of the Awaited Messiah: Why the Messiah had to suffer
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2017-02-26

14 Titles of the Awaited Messiah: Why the Messiah had to suffer and to die

Bible quotations from the English Standard Version (2016)

Music by Natrix

Hypothesis

The several Hebrew titles of Messiah, taken together, reveal that he would have to suffer and to rise from death, before he could come in power and glory.

When Jesus was on earth, demons recognized him as the awaited Messiah. Luke 4:34

Later, Jesus’s disciples also recognized him as the Messiah. John 6:69

Still, neither demons nor humans understood that the Messiah had to suffer and die, before he could return in power and glory. Matthew 16:22; 1 Corinthians 2:8

In order to conclude that the Messiah had to suffer, one must review all of the references to Messiah in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament).

Here are 14 Messianic titles revealed in the Hebrew Bible. Please, find which ones speak of Messiah’s death.

1. Anointed. Messiah. מָשִׁיחַ [LXX χριστός]. 1 Samuel 2:10

2. Branch. חֹטֶר. Shoot. נֵצֶר. [LXX ῥίζη, ἀνατολή]. Jeremiah 23:5

3. David. דָּוִד [LXX Δαυιδ]. Hosea 3:5

4. God. אֵ֣ל, אֱלֹהִים. [LXX θεός]. Isaiah 9:6

5. Holy One. חָסִיד [LXX ὅσιος]. Psalm 16:10

6. King. מֶלֶךְ [LXX βασιλεύς]. Zechariah 9:9

7. Lord. הָאָדֹ֣ון [LXX κύριος]. Psalm 110:1

8. LORD. יהוה [LXX κύριος]. Zechariah 14:3-4

9. Prophet. נָבִיא [LXX προφήτης]. Deuteronomy 18:15

10. Righteous One. צַדִּ֛יק [LXX δίκαιος]. Isaiah 53:11

11. Ruler. מְחֹקֵ֖ק Judge. מוֹשֵׁ֖ל [LXX ἡγούμενος]. Micah 5:2

12. Servant. עֶבֶד [LXX παῖς, δοῦλος]. Isaiah 42:1

13. Shepherd. רעה [LXX ποιμήν]. Ezekiel 37:24

14. Son. בֵּן Son of Man. אֱנָשׁ בַּר (Aramaic) [LXX υἱός]. Daniel 7:13

Conclusion

As the Righteous One, the Servant of Yahweh, the Messiah would bear the iniquities of many. Then Yahweh would keep his Messiah, the Holy One, from corruption in his grave. 1 Peter 1:10-11