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Reform Messianic Believer

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Reform - working for change for the better. Messianism needs reform. Messianic = adjective of anointed; (1) any person can be anointed. (2) one who is expecting a human leader to assist in liberation or deliverance from the evil of other people (no devil exists). (3) You can't be messianic if you believe you are already rescued or if the promises of G-d have already been received, such as world peace, so messianic means future deliverance. A related & better term is the Moshiach, based on the Hebrew word for salvation. (4). Since no messianic prophecies have been accomplished, the Messiah has not arrived yet. I am interested in the teachings/writings of the "intertestamental" period- DS scrolls, Baruch, Sirach,