This is important to us today because it shows that God had a plan all along. “Remember this,” Paul is saying to Timothy. Jesus’ role as the anointed one shows that He is the promised One from Scripture, foretold by the prophets, to bring salvation to His people. Paul calls Jesus the “King of kings” in 1 Timothy 6:15, and Hebrews 1 quotes Psalm 45:1 in reference to Christ: “Your throne, O God, is forever.”.He is the priest, who mediates between God and man, “making purification for sins” (v.Hebrews 1:1-2 shows how Jesus fills this role. He is the prophet who speaks to the people on behalf of God.You can see how Jesus fills all three of these roles in Hebrews 1. Throughout Scripture, there were people in three roles that were anointed: prophets, priests, and kings. Daniel talks about the anointed one in Daniel 9:25, and this is a theme in the Old Testament writings.
Jesus was the anointed one, spoken of by the prophets throughout the Old Testament. The equivalent word in Hebrew is mashiach, from which we get the word messiah. The word christos in Greek means anointed one. “Christ” is not Jesus’ last name, but rather a title that designates the role in history that Jesus plays. The first aspect of Jesus’ identity in this short sentence identifies Jesus’ role. So who is Jesus? Paul gives us three facets of Jesus’ identity in just a few short words: Jesus is Christ (His role) Jesus is risen from the dead (His divinity) and Jesus is the offspring of David (His humanity). And later in that same letter, Paul says that “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (1 Cor 15:14). Paul said to the Corinthian church, “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor 2:2).
Overall, Paul’s main point here is to remember that Jesus is central to what we believe. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. Paul is writing from prison, and in chapter 2, verses 8-9, he writes:
Read previous articles in this series here. Over the last several weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at the letter of 2 Timothy both on the blog and in our video Bible study. So who is Jesus? A moral teacher? A prophet? A legend? And why does it matter? Those answers formed the core of Christianity then, and they still form the core of our faith today. We certainly couldn’t have written that.Paul wanted Timothy to remember and build his life around Jesus Christ. In the last two minutes, Michael started doing these incantations: all the “shamons” and “oohs.” He went to that place on his own. We didn’t have a chance to dress it up, so I didn’t feel like it had a chance, but Quincy played it for Michael, and he said, “Make a track.” The song was this really magical moment, and it had everything to do with Michael’s vocal interpretation. We were closing out the record, and Quincy said, “Don’t you have anything for us?” So Siedah Garrett wrote “Man in the Mirror” on a Saturday night at my house in Encino. Rolling Stone has songwriter Glen Ballard recalling his experience writing “Man in the Mirror” with Siedah Garrett: I’d been producing for Quincy, and I had tried to write something for Bad but it hadn’t been accepted. It features images of people peacefully protesting or offering works of charity, among shots of some of the worst tragedies in human history.
The music video is full of potent footage of various major news events and famous people from all over the world. Mother Teresa’s quote, “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. The chorus is a call to action for all, proclaiming, “If you want to make the world a better place, then take a look at yourself and make a change.” This sentiment is very similar to St. The lyrics express a desire to make a positive change in the world by first changing one’s own outlook. Written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones, this pop standard spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. “Man in the Mirror” was one of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits from his 1987 studio album Bad. The 1987 pop hit reminds us that every change in the world starts inside ourselves.