The apostle Paul wrote that “Christ” is a man who gave His life:

“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:6-10) 

Of course, Jesus is God incarnate in human flesh. However, this passage demonstrates that the Jewish definition of “Christ” or “Messiah” is correct, and not the modern interpretation.

Modern scholarship equates “Christ” with a Divine name, yet Paul wrote that “Christ” died and is a “righteous man.” Of course, only as a man, was it necessary for God to be “anointed” by God's Spirit—because He is the anointing!

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