Christ - Christos (1480)

Hebrew Definition: Christos (khris-tos') - The title "Christ" comes from the Greek word Christos which is a translation of the Hebrew word Messiah meaning "the anointed one." During the time of the Old Testament, the term "messiah" was meant to apply to Kings and High Priests who were "christened" with oil at the time of their inauguration ceremony or when they were given their "powers" of office. During this time, the word "Messiah" never meant or even implied that a person was actually divine. During the time the Hebrew nation was occupied  by the Greeks and then the Romans, the title "Christ" gradually took on the added meaning of a deliverer or a savior. In the first century, especially just after the Roman Jewish war of 66-70 AD, the Jews fervently began to pray that God would metaphorically "anoint" a future king to free them from Roman rule.

Diagram: The sign of Christ is a circle with a circumference of 1480 units. The isopsephia value of the Greek name Christos meaning "Christ" is 1480 units. Six circles with that circumference fit exactly inside the raised Jesus (8880)! Five circles with that circumference fit exactly inside a hexagram (Star of David) inscribed in the raised Jesus graph. Further use of gematria produced an actual image of Christ. To gnostic as well as orthodox Christians, the name "Christ" was now transformed into a Christian mystery, a name that signified divine, magical, and cosmic powers.

Mk 01:01a	A beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, [the Son of God]
Mk 08:29b	The Stone having answered, says to him ... You are the Christ.
Mk 09:41a	whoever gives you a "cup of water" to drink because "in name" you are "of Christ" ...
Mk 12:35b	How are the scribes saying that "the christ" is a "Son of David"?
Mk 13:21a	And then if ever anyone may be saying to you ... See the Christ here ...
Mk 14:61c	You are the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?
Mk 15:32a	The Christ ... The King of Israel ... come down now from the Cross ...

Christian Definition: At the time the first Christian literature appeared in the early 1st century AD, the definition of the word "Christ" changed again and took on a religious meaning. The epistles of Paul (50-60 AD) turned the name "Christ" into a proper name and cosmic title. By the time of the gospels (80-130AD) Jesus was seen as a real man who lived on earth. In the gospels, the earthly "Christ" fled from crowds who wanted to make him an earthly "king" because it was a secular position that was beneath him. The gospel's thinly vieled message of calling Jesus "Christ" was to imply that he was a heavenly king "anointed" by God to save mankind. Jesus earned his title of the Christ (the anointed one) when he was baptised in the Jordan River, which was also known as "The River of the Rising Sun" (Joshua 12:1). The early Christians believed they could become like Christ if they were "anointed" with water and the "holy spirit" through the ritual sacrament of baptism.

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