It is easy to see how, for the author of the Messianic Apocalypse, the anointed figure in Isaiah 61 is none other than the anointed one, that is, the messiah of Israel who will come at the end of time. For the interpreter at Qumran, Isaiah 61 has become a biblical proof text that predicts the marvelous deeds that God will do at the Advent of the messiah.
