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Messiah

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Messiah is the anointed one promised in Israel's scriptures, the king and deliverer expected from David's line, identified in the New Testament writings as Jesus of Nazareth. The title gathers the offices of prophet, priest, and king under one figure who fulfills the long arc of promise to Abraham, David, and the prophets.

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