In the Name of the Anointed

Messiah ... Christ...
The former coming from Hebrew and the latter from Greek both meaning ANOINTED.

Arabic, being not so far removed from Hebrew, the word is MesseiH.

I came into the city as a stranger ending my supplications in the name of the Messiah. With palms upraised, my neighbors got to know me.

When Nour, his name meaning light, was a day old I was asked to pray for him.

Again on his two month birthday, I was asked and I prayed, Joy prayed, his sister prayed, and hesitantly his mom prayed ending with...

In the name of the MesseiH.

Was it not the year of labor that caused these words to ring as bells in my soul.

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:   “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,  because he has anointed me  to proclaim good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners  and recovery of sight for the blind,  to set the oppressed free,   to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”   Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”  All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.

Luke 4:16‭-‬22