Emphasis Preaching Journal
Climbing in the light
Commentary
The story of God's love in the Bible focuses on Jesus. But Jesus did not appear in a vacuum. Throughout the Old Testament already God made it clear that God would send a specially commissioned person to bring healing and forgiveness to the citizens of earth. As priests, kings, and prophets were anointed with oil at the start of their careers, so this person, too, would be anointed. In fact, this special deliver would be called "the anointed," a term that comes across in Hebrew as "Messiah" and in Greek as "Christ."
