| Term | Definition |
|---|
| baptized | In Jesus' time this meant to wash with water. It was a symbol of becoming clean. |
| Christ | The Greek word for "the Anointed One," or "God's Chosen One." Another way of describing the Messiah or Savior. |
| God the Father | God is Father as Creator of the universe. He is Father as Creator of the human race. |
| Heaven | This is the place where God lives and rules and is with the good angels. It is where Jesus went back to after he left earth, where he is preparing a place for us. |
| Holy Spirit | God’s Spirit, whom Jesus sends to help people. The Holy Spirit is God in invisible form. |
| Israel | The Jewish people, or the land of the Jewish people. |
| John the Baptist | His birth was announced by an angel, He was born to Zechariah and Elizabeth and was a cousin to Jesus. He lived in the desert and prepared the way for Jesus' ministry. He baptized Jesus. |
| Jordan River | A river that flows down from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. This river plays an important role in the history of Israel.John the Baptist carried on his ministry here, and this is where Jesus was baptized. |
| Kingdom of Heaven | the realm over which God will reign in this case, the age to come. |
| repent | to be sorry that you have done wrong things; you turn to God |
| Sign | This was a miracle or something people could experience that pointed them to recognize God's power at work. |
| Son of God | A title applied to Jesus designating alternately either His messianic status or consciousness of filial intimacy with His Father (Mk 14:36; Ro 8:15). It speaks also of Jesus' unity of will with His Father's will. |
| Zechariah | The father of John the Baptist. A descendant of Aaron, HE Swas a priest who belonged to the division of Abijah, When he was an old man, he and his wife Elizabeth became the parents of John the Baptist. |
| Gentile | Anyone who is not Jewish. |
| Glory | The power and greatness of God. The Hebrew word means "weight." |
| Holy Spirit | God’s Spirit, whom Jesus sends to help people. The Holy Spirit is God in invisible form. |
| Israel | The Jewish people, or the land of the Jewish people. |
| Jewish | Anyone born to a Jewish mother, who is from the family line of Abraham, the first Jew, or one who is a devoted follower of the Jewish religion. |
| Joseph | A descendant of David, He was engaged to Mary at Jesus' conception and birth. An angel warned him of Herod's ploy to kill Jesus, so he took Mary and the baby to Egypt. He was a carpenter in the town of Nazareth. |
| Mary | The Mother of Jesus. While she was still a virgin, the angel Gabriel told her that she would give birth to a son. She and her betrothed, Joseph, traveled to Bethlehem for the census where she gave birth to Jesus. |
| Messiah | It means the same as Christ. That is, the one whom God chose as Israel's special king. |
| Priest | A special servant of God, who gave gifts to God for himself and other people, in the Temple. They were descendants of Aaron. |
| Prophetess | A woman who used a prophetic gift to receive and give God's message. |
| Salvation | To be rescued from evil. Simeon said he had seen this because the Messiah would rescue the world from evil. Jesus would bring it to everyone. |
| Scripture | Another word for the Holy Bible a group of sixty-six books written over a period of more than a thousand years by many different men who were inspired by God. They are also called the Holy Bible. |
| Wise Men | A term referring to the men who followed the star from the East to find the King of the Jews. |
| King of the Jews | A title for the Messiah. |
| Magi | A term referring to the men who followed the star from the East to find the King of the Jews. They are also called "wise men." |
| Worship | When people give honour to God; they pray and sing his praises. |
| King Herod | He built the great Jerusalem temple. He also killed the little boys in Bethlehem when he was trying to kill the new king of the Jews (Jesus). |
| Micah | An Old Testament prophet who lived long before Jesus. God told him the exact place the Messiah would be born - Bethlehem. |
| Gold | A precious and costly metal. It was brought as a gift for the child Jesus. It was also used in God's temple. |
| Frankincense | A sticky substance from a terebinth tree. It was used to make a sweet-smelling perfume |
| Myrh | The sap of a this bush was used to make perfumed oil. It was used as a spice, medicine, or as make-up. |
| Bethlehem | It is best known as the birthplace of both David and Jesus. It is five miles from Jerusalem. |
| Caesar Augustus | Roman ruler. All of Israel was under his authority at the time Jesus was born. |
| manger | A feeding trough for animals. |
| Town of David | King David was a famous king of Israel who lived long before Jesus. He was born and grew up in Bethlehem, so Bethlehem became known as this town. |
| Gabriel | the angel who was sent to Zechariah to tell him that his wife, Elizabeth, would give birth to John the Baptist. |
| Elizabeth | The wife of Zechariah the priest, She gave birth to John the Baptist in her old age. |
| Galilee | The place in Israel where Jesus grew up |
| Good News | Same as "gospel." |
| Herod's Temple | In Jerusalem was a massive expansion of the Temple Mount along with a completely new and much larger Temple. Herod the Great's expansion project began around 19 BCE. |
| Isaiah | One of the Old Testament prophets who prophesied about the coming of the Messiah. |
| Jerusalem | It is situated thirty-three miles east of the Mediterranean Sea and fourteen miles west of the Dead Sea. According to God's Word, it is the most important city on earth. It was the capital city of the only kingdom God has set up on earth. |
| Lord | A name that we call God or Jesus, when we obey them and shows us that he is greater than anyone else |
| Nazareth | A town in lower Galilee, it was the hometown of Mary and Joseph, the human parents of Jesus. Jesus grew up there. |
| Prophet | A person who can tell other people what God wants. People God chose to tell his message to others. |
| Virgin | A person who has never had sex with another person. |
| Astrology | The study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs. |
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