waitasec
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I believe most, if not all Christians, believe believe that Jesus pre-existed before His birth. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at, but according to the Bible, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." All Christians agree that "the Word" was Jesus Christ. He was the Creator of heaven and earth (under His Father's direction), He was known even then, as the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Of course He existed before His birth! He didn't "[come] into being when he was conceived in Mary's womb." That is when He was made flesh, but He was in existence long before that. I don't think you'll have much trouble finding a great many Christians who would agree with me.
christ means messiah...
are you telling me the jews didn't expect a messiah?
Mosiah 18:5,17
"in Mormon they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from that time forward " [c. 148145 B.C]
it seems to me by saying "they were called the church of christ" is trying to separate the expecting jews of a messiah
from the jews who were expecting a messiah...
when all jews were expecting a messiah...this doesn't make any sense unless of course
the meaning of the word "christ" in the book of mormon is different from it's original meaning in the jewish tradition
Alma 46:13-16
{15} all those who were true believers in Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called [c. 73-72 B.C
lets replace the name christ with messiah, since this is it's original meaning.
'all those true believers in the messiah took upon them, gladly, the name messiah, or messiah's followers as they were called...'
how can anyone separate the jews from the jews since they all expected a messiah...
and of course there is no historical evidence for such a claim...
no mention of the word "christ" before BC....
The spelling Christ (Greek Genitive: τοῦ Χριστοῦ, toú Christoú,; Nominative: ὁ Χριστὸς, ho Christós) in English was standardized in the 18th century, when, in the spirit of the Enlightenment, the spelling of certain words was changed to fit their Greek or Latin origins. Prior to this, in Old and Middle English, the word was usually spelled Crist the i being pronounced either as /iː/, preserved in the names of churches such as St Katherine Cree, or as a short /ɪ/, preserved in the modern pronunciation of Christmas). The spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century.[2]
The term Christ (or similar) appears in English and most European languages, owing to the Greek usage of Christós (transcribed in Latin as Christus) in the New Testament as a description for Jesus. In the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, it was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew mashiach (messiah), meaning "anointed."[3]
Khristós in classical Greek usage could mean covered in oil,, or annointed,[4] and is thus a literal translation of messiah.
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