When the WORD became flesh and dwelt amongst us (John.1:1-14)He came as a whosoever will MESSIAH. (John.3:16) 1. He (JESUS / MESSIAH) came unto His own (the House of Judah (Jews) to confirm the covenant that God had made to the forefather's. (Dan.9:27, Gal.3:16-17) 2. Then (Acts.1:1-8) they were to take message of Christ to the uttermost part of the earth (Acts.15, Eph.2:1-22; 3:1-12) (to whosoever will / Gentile) to include them.
MESSIAH IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE JEW
MESSIAH (The center of God's Redemptive Plan) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Messiah: (Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the LXX. "Christos." It means anointed. Thus priests(Exod 28:41; 40:15; Num 3:3), prophets(1Ki 19:16), and kings (1Sam.9:16; 16:3; 2Sam.12:7) were anointed with oil, and so consecrated to their respective offices. The great Messiah is anointed "above his fellows" (Psa 45:7); i.e., he embraces in himself all the three offices.
The Greek form "Messias" is only twice used in the New Testament, in Jhn 1:41 and Jhn 4:25 (R.V., "Messiah"), and in the Old Testament the word Messiah, as the rendering of the Hebrew, occurs only twice (Dan 9:25,26; R.V., "the anointed one"). The first great promise (Gen 3:15) contains in it the germ of all the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament regarding the coming of the Messiah and the great work he was to accomplish on earth. The prophecies became more definite and fuller as the ages rolled on; the light shone more and more unto the perfect day. Different periods of prophetic revelation have been pointed out, (1) the patriarchal; (2) the Mosaic; (3) the period of David; (4) the period of prophetism, i.e., of those prophets whose works form a part of the Old Testament canon. The expectations of the Jews were thus kept alive from generation to generation, till the "fulness of the times," when Messiah came, "made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law." In him all these ancient prophecies have their fulfilment. Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the great Deliverer who was to come. (Mat 26:54; Mar 9:12; Luk 18:31; 22:37; Jhn 5:39; Act 2; 16:31; 26:22, 23.) "Dictionaries - Messiah." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 24 Aug, 2021. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/dictionary/viewtopic.cfm>.
I. MESSIAH: Purposed from the beginning of the World A. There was the Father THE WORD and the Holy Ghost (John.1:1, 1Peter.1:18-20 / Matt.28:19) B. God created the heavens and the earth (Gen.1:1-2)
II. When sin entered the world(Rom.5:10-12) A. Man driven out of the garden B. Cheribumns prevent Adam and Eve from entering the garden. The ONLY way back is through death C. Foreshadowed (figure) of the "coats of skin" to cover Adam and Eve nakedness (Gen.3:15-24) 1. This was from Adam to Moses (The patriarchal period) a. Adam b. Noah c. Abraham / Isaac / Jacob 2. Moses to Christ. I (apostle Paul) say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
3. The WORD was taken foreshadowed by the Passover Lamb (Exod.12:1-15, 1Cor.5:7-8, Rev.5:1-)
The expectations of the Jews were thus kept alive from generation to generation, till the "fulness of the times,"
When He was resurrected JESUS CHRIST was made LORD (Acts.2:, John.17: )
There were many titles given for MESSIAH (The anointed one) 1. He was THE WORD made flesh