Messiah
(anointed). This word (Mashiach) answers to the word Christ (Christos) in the New Testament,
and is applicable in its first sense to any one anointed with the holy oil. The kings of Israel were
called anointed, from the mode of their consecration. (1 Samuel 2:10,35; 12:3,5) etc. This word
also refers to the expected Prince of the chosen people who was to complete God’s purposes for
them and to redeem them, and of whose coming the prophets of the old covenant in all time spoke.
He was the Messiah, the Anointed, i.e. consecrated as the king and prophet by God’s appointment.
The word is twice used in the New Testament of Jesus. (John 1:41; 4:25) Authorized Version
“Messias.” The earliest gleam of the gospel is found in the account of the fall. (Genesis 3:15) the
blessings in store for the children of Shem are remarkable indicated int he words of Noah. (Genesis
9:26) Next follows the promise to Abraham. (Genesis 12:2,3) A great step is made in (Genesis
49:10) This is the first case in which the promises distinctly centre in one person. The next passage
usually quoted is the prophecy of Balaam. (Numbers 24:17-19) The prophecy of Moses, (18:18)
claims attention. Passages in the Psalms are numerous which are applied to the Messiah in the New
Testament; such as Psal 2,16,22,40,110. The advance in clearness in this period is great. The name
of Anointed, i.e. King, comes in, and the Messiah is to come of the Lineage of David. He is described
in his exaltation, with his great kingdom that shall be spiritual rather than temporal. Psal 2,21,40,110.
In other places he is seen in suffering and humiliation. Psal 16,22,40. Later on the prophets show
the Messiah as a king and ruler of David’s house, who should come to reform and restore the Jewish
nation and purify the Church, as in Isai 11,40-66 The blessings of the restoration, however, will
not be confined to Jews; the heathen are made to share them fully. (Isaiah 2:66) The passage of
(Micah 5:2) (comp. Matt 2:6) left no doubt in the mind of the Sanhedrin as to the birthplace of the
Messiah. The lineage of David is again alluded to in (Zechariah 12:1-14) The coming of the
Forerunner and of the Anointed is clearly revealed in (Malachi 3:1; 4:5,6) The Pharisees and those
of the Jews who expected Messiah at all looked for a temporal prince only. The apostles themselves
were infected with this opinion till after the resurrection. (Matthew 20:20,21; Luke 24:21; Acts
1:6) Gleams of a purer faith appear in (Luke 2:30; 23:42; John 4:25)
Messias
(anointed), the Greek form of Messiah. (John 1:41; 4:25)
Metals
The Hebrews, in common with other ancient nations, were acquainted with nearly all the metals
known to modern metallurgy, whether as the products of their own soil or the results of intercourse
with foreigners. One of the earliest geographical definitions is that which describes the country of
Havilah as the land which abounded in gold, and the gold of which was good. (Genesis 2:11-12)
“Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold,” (Genesis 13:2) silver, as will be shown
hereafter, being the medium of commerce, while gold existed in the shape of ornaments, during
the patriarchal ages. Tin is first mentioned (Numbers 31:22) and lead is used to heighten the imagery
of Moses’ triumphal song. (Exodus 15:10) Whether the ancient Hebrews were acquainted with
steel, properly so called, is uncertain; the words so rendered in the Authorized Version, (2 Samuel
22:35; Job 20:24; Psalms 18:34; Jeremiah 15:12) are in all others passages translated brass, and
would be more correctly copper. The “northern iron” of (Jeremiah 15:12) is believed more nearly
to correspond to what we call steel [Steel] It is supposed that the Hebrews used the mixture of
copper and tin known as bronze. The Hebrews obtained their principal supply from the south of
Arabia and the commerce of the Persian Gulf. (Joshua 7:21) The great abundance of gold in early
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