(1) What is the significance of God's envoy, the Messiah, as he pertains to Jewish autonomy? God’s envoy, the Messiah, is the messenger and human embodiment of God. He would appear on Earth to bring forth the “Kingdom of God”, as well as unify and lead the Jewish people. The Messiah is important in Hebrew scripture because, like King David and other important Hebrew figures, he would bring relief from the persecution that the Jewish people had faced for centuries. The Messiah is thought by many Jews to be a descendent of the royal patriarch, King David, who centralized the Kingdom of Israel and whose son, Solomon, constructed the Second Temple. The Messiah would not only free the land of Canaan from the Roman Empire, but prevent any further…show more content… The Gospels speak in detail about the religious teachings of Jesus, the morals that he held dear, the miracles that he had performed, and the special relationship that Jesus had with God, but important details about his life such as those pertaining to the relationships with his family, his romances, childhood, and political opinions are left out. The limited detail on Jesus of Nazareth does indeed cause speculation that a “historical Jesus” may have existed but this idea is belittle by the exceeding information, and many descriptions and portrayals of Jesus in the…show more content… One trait of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that is evident in much of the Gospels, yet contradicts some of the words of Jesus himself, is his humbleness. For example, Jesus proclaimed to be the son of God, half divine and have mortal, but he did not desire to be worshipped, he believed the devotion of God’s followers should be shown to God, as well as to all life in the form of compassion and kindness. His words are contradicted by others such as John 8:23 where Jesus says “You are from below; I am from above”, where Jesus distinguishes himself from the rest of humanity. Another characteristic of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is his strict moral code: Jesus Christ was a born Jew, whose beliefs were closer to those of the Pharisees. In the New Testament, Jesus is constantly engaging in Jewish practices; He celebrated Hebrew holidays, observed the Sabbath, practiced a kosher diet, and even attended Jewish services. Jesus read the Hebrew Scriptures (the predecessors of the canonized Tanak) and strongly believed in the Hebrew
