Messianism

In Abrahamic religions, Messianism is the belief and doctrine that is centered on the advent of the messiah, who acts as the chosen savior and leader of humanity by God. Messianism originated from the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), in which a messiah is a Jewish monarch or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil. The concept of messianism has developed overtime, with different interpretations of scripture constituting different prophecies and portraits of the messiah within Judaism and the Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, the messiah will be a future Jewish king from the line of David, and in Christianity and Islam, Jesus is the messiah who is called the Christ, the savior and redeemer of the Jewish people and humanity. Other religions have a messianism-related concept, including the Buddhist Maitreya, the Hindu Kalki, the Zoroastrian Saoshyant and He whom God shall make manifest in Bábism.