English form of Ιησους (Iesous) , which was the Greek form of the Aramaic name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshu’a) . Yeshu’a is itself a contracted form of Yehoshu’a (see JOSHUA). Yeshua ben Yoseph, better known as Jesus Christ, was the central figure of the New Testament and the source of the Christian religion. The four gospels state that he was the son of God and the Virgin Mary who fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah. He preached for three years before being crucified in Jerusalem.
More correctly, there is only one Christ, his name is Jesus which is why many churches refer to him as “Christ, Jesus” instead of “Jesus Christ”. They are essentially interchangeable but the former is more correct than the latter.
Christ is Greek for “anointed one” or someone chosen to become a new king.
It derived from the ancient Egyptian practice of putting oil on the head of a new king. What kind of oil? Most likely crocodile fat.
But around the time of Jesus, it was the essential oil from spikenard.
Now, three wise men brought gifts for baby Jesus, supposedly: gold myrrh and frankincense. But “gold” was a translation error and it was correctly “liquid gold” or balsam oil. So called because it was expensive around that time.
So the gift for baby Jesus was:
frankincense for spirit
myrrh for mind
and gold for body.
Nice set of presents for the body, mind and spirit.
■■■■ didn’t exist before the transition from the Bronze Age to Iron Age in the 12th century BC or thereabouts. Around that time, the land of Canaan was invaded by Philistines who were southeast Europeans.
The Canaanites who fled these invaders from the sea into the hills took on the new religion of Yahweh and became Israelites.
Needless to say, “exodus” never happened. No such record in Egypt or anywhere.
Nonetheless, the Egyptian documents speak of Apiru (Hebrews), equated with thieves and bandits
