President Russel M. Nelson said of the Savior; “He is Jesus the Christ—our Master and more. He has numerous names, titles, and responsibilities, all of eternal significance”. Each day in December, leading up to Christmas Day, we will post a short message exploring a different name or title for Jesus Christ. May we look to…

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The title of ‘Mighty God’ is translated from the Hebrew ’êl Gibbôr, which means ‘Divine Hero’, ‘Hero-God’ or even ‘Warrior God’. These words ascribe to the Messiah wisdom and strength in great measure. When the Assyrian armies, led by Sennacherib invaded Judah, King Hezekiah spoke to his people, reminding them that a ‘Mighty God’ was…

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In Isaiah 9:6, speaking of the birth of Christ, the Prophet declares that “his name shall be called … The everlasting Father”. Both anciently and in modern times, a father’s role has been to provide and protect, to teach, to love and to serve. In ‘The Family: A Proclamation to the World’, we read “By…

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Isaiah prophesied that the coming Messiah would be called “The Prince of Peace”. To attribute the title of ‘Prince’ to Jesus Christ is wholly appropriate, given that he is the Son of the Most High God. Prince of Peace, however, speaks to more than the Savior’s royal standing in the Kingdom of Heaven, and the…

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Of all of the names of our Savior, perhaps the most familiar is his given name, the name of ‘Jesus’. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the name Jesus came into the English language from Middle English, adapted from the Latin Iesus, which in turn was adapted from the Greek Iesous. This in turn was…

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“if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1) In a court of law, an advocate stands between the defendant and the judge and pleads on the defendant’s behalf. The advocate is in the defendant’s corner and represents the best of their intentions and character to…

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Fans of C.S. Lewis’ classic story of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ will be used to the idea of having Jesus Christ represented in the form of a Lion. The symbolism, however, didn’t start with Lewis, who explained “I pictured Him [Christ] becoming a lion there because (a) the lion is supposed to…

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In Isaiah 7:14, we read “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” The name ‘Immanuel’ means ‘God with us’. When Jesus Christ, “the only begotten of the Father” came into the world, “the Word was made flesh, and…

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The title of ‘King’ was associated with Jesus at various points prior, during and after his earthly life. Prophecies declared that a King would come to lead Israel. Following his birth, Wise Men came searching for “he that is born King of the Jews”. Jesus’ designation as King prompted suspicion and murderous intent from Herod,…

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (John 1:1–3) President Nelson taught “His title was the Word—spelled with a capital…

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“I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst … He that believeth on me hath everlasting life” (John 6:35, 47) In the 2020 First Presidency Christmas Devotional, President Nelson taught: “Jesus was born in Bethlehem. That word in Hebrew, bet…

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One of the titles given to the Lord in the book of Revelation is the ‘Amen’. We read “These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness”. (Revelation 3:14) Elder Holland taught: “This Hebrew word—literally translated as “firm” or “faithful”—means “let it be as has been said.” It is most often found as a…

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Zacharias was described, with his wife, Elisabeth, as “righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinance of the Lord blameless” (Luke 1:6). After being struck dumb for expressing doubt at Gabriel’s declaration that they would have a child in their old age, Zacharias regained his voice when he wrote down that the child…

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“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim 2:5) Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “Mediation is required when there is dispute or disagreement between two or more people or parties… Christ’s role as Mediator is a privilege of His birth as the Son of God…

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The English word ‘redeem’ comes from the Hebrew verb ‘gā’al, which “has a central meaning in “to regain possession of by payment” or “buy back something that was lost.” In the Old Testament, the verb “gā’al” has been translated as “to redeem”, “ransom”. (Webster’s Dictionary) The language here is instructive; Christ ‘buys us back’ from…

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“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3) Christ was indeed a man of sorrows. The way that He was treated represents the greatest of injustices; a perfect, unselfish being; the Creator of the world, the Savior of the world; a man who healed and served…

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One of Jesus’ best known titles is that of Savior. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “Unlike redeem, which is to buy back, to save means to preserve or protect, to deliver one from danger. We all respond to stories of heroism in which a child is saved from a burning home or a soldier is…

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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught: “Even as a new star appeared in the heavens to celebrate His mortal birth, Jesus’s ministry was to be characterized as that of “the light and the Redeemer of the world” (Doctrine and Covenants 93:9). He is “the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (John…

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“Messiah’ is an Aramaic word meaning “the Anointed.” According to the Bible Dictionary, “it denotes the King and Deliverer whose coming the Jews were eagerly expecting. In the New Testament the deliverer is called the Christ, which is the Greek equivalent of Messiah, and Jesus the Messiah is called Jesus the Christ, Jesus Christ, or…

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Jesus was of course, a master teacher and as such understood that to establish an understanding in his audience, He would need to teach eternal principles according to their frame of reference. In the parable of the Good Shepherd, Christ teaches profound truths all through what would have been very familiar imagery to his audience;…

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President Russel M. Nelson has spoken at length and on numerous occasions about the names and titles of Jesus Christ and their history and meaning. In 1992, he gave a speech at BYU titled ‘Jesus the Christ–Our Master and More’ in which he provides the following insights into the names ‘Jehovah’ and ‘I AM’: “Jesus…

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The title ‘Son of Man’ is found eighty-three times in the New Testament Gospels and is a name that Jesus used frequently to describe himself. Like with many of Jesus’ names, there are more ways than one in which to interpret and derive meaning from the title. On the one hand, the name affirms Christ’s…

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John the Baptist introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). David and Jo Ann Seely, Instructors in Ancient Scripture at BYU, provide a number of insights into the practice in which Lambs were offered as sacrifices on sabbaths, special feasts and holy days and how…

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In the parable of the Wicked Husbandmen, Jesus told how the planter of the vineyard (who we understand to represent God) let out His vineyard to Husbandmen (people who cultivate land). He sent servants to “receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard”, but the servants were caught, beaten, sent away, wounded, stoned…

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Christ the Lord, Jehovah, identifies himself as Alpha and Omega in several places from the Book of Revelation (1:18, 11, 21:6, 22:13), to the Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 9:18) as well as in the Doctrine & Covenants: “I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I am he, the beginning and the…

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