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Christ = Messiah ?

Christ is Greek means anointed. Χριστός  came from Hebrew משיח . משיח is Messiah in Hebrew. "The Messiah in Judaism (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized: māšīaḥ) is a savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology who is believed to be the future redeemer of the Jews. The concept of messianism originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible a messiah is a king or High Priest of Israel traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil."  A person anointed with holy oil. "A noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “of an ointment, etc.: to be rubbed on; of a person: ceremonially anointed”) (a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)) from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) " The Greek word means ointment rubbed on. So what does it mean to be in Christ? You are a person anointed by an ointment.. or holy oil. So is it oil.. or does oil represent something in the Bible? Jesus said the Father, Elohim, was in Him, or on Him.. "when y...