Amen! 🙏💖😁 And perhaps even more significantly, Christ MEANS King, and in most instances ought to be translated as such:

PeakD

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No, Virginia, "Christ" is NOT another name for Jesus. It is his TITLE; Jesus is THE Anointed Prophet, Priest, and KING.... by creatr

I was privileged to be part of a podcast on that topic:

The Bad Roman Project

139. Jesus as King: Rediscovering the True Translation of "Christ" with Duncan Palmer and Matt Mouzakis — The Bad Roman Project

Jesus the King: Redefining Our Understanding of Christ

but is it a general term for king, or does it have a specific meaning in terms of Israel? David was the Lord's annointed, but he was not the Messiah

Well, from all forms of idolatry, but that particular form would certainly be included.

It comes from the Hebrew verb "mashach", which simply means to annoint as with oil, which was a common practice for kings, but also for other offices, and even objects. The participle form, "meshiach," from which we get the term Messiah, is used of kings for sure, but also of priests and prophets, which is of interest since Christ is not only king, but also priest (of the order of Melchizedek) and prophet.