. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ^felt that they more thanother nations were thepeople of God, and thatthey had a right to rulethemselves, under kings oftheir own race. Also theyread in their Bible thepromises of the prophetsthat from Israel shouldcome forth a king, out ofDavids line, w^ho shouldrule the world. This great King, whomthe Jews hoped for andlooked for, they calledMessiah, a word in the Jews language meaning thesame as the word Christ, which is a Greek word,meaning the Anointed One, that is, the King. Youremember that in the Old Testament story the prophet28. A heathe
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . ^felt that they more thanother nations were thepeople of God, and thatthey had a right to rulethemselves, under kings oftheir own race. Also theyread in their Bible thepromises of the prophetsthat from Israel shouldcome forth a king, out ofDavids line, w^ho shouldrule the world. This great King, whomthe Jews hoped for andlooked for, they calledMessiah, a word in the Jews language meaning thesame as the word Christ, which is a Greek word,meaning the Anointed One, that is, the King. Youremember that in the Old Testament story the prophet28. A heathen idol arfje 33eople m tfje ILoxV^ %mh Samuel anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, thatis, he poured oil on his head; and that afterward hechose the boy David to be the next king by the samesign. When we say ^ Jesus Christ, Jesus is his nameand Christ is his title; and we mean Jesus the know that this promised King whom the Jewscalled Messiah was Jesus Christ who rules over thehearts of men every-where; but the Jewsthought that it meanta king like Herod orthe emperor Tiberius,only better and wiser,who should live in apalace at Jerusalem,their chief city, andmake all lands obeyhis will. This hopemade the Jews veryrestless and unhappyunder the Romanpower. They werealways looking for thecoming of this mightyKing of the Jews, whoshould lead them to conquer the earth. , . , , ., , «, . T X1 • T • Interior of Jewish synagogue In Palestine in their worship the Jews were different from all the rest of the other people had gods of wood and stone, image
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