Category Archives: Who Was Jesus
Is Jesus God?
Yes and No. The answer to that question depends on what your definition of “God” is. So many have a different definition of “God”. One thing is certain though, what almost all will agree on, is that God is a … Continue reading
The Most Important Verse
In my opinion, the most important verse in all the New Testament is the passage where God declares from out of a cloud, at the baptism of John: This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Lk 9:35) This verse can … Continue reading
Christ or Messiah?
Those disciples were Greek converted by Paul. This conversion was decades after the crucifixion. Paul never met Jesus. The word Christ is Greek and was adopted by the Greek writers into their Gospels. Why is it that the Jewish Messiah is always referred to as Jesus, the Christ and never Jesus the Messiah? Continue reading
Executed for Insurrection Part 1
History Written by the Winners It has been said: “There are two sides to every story.” In the story I refer to, there is the way it actually happened and there is another story that may have been written in … Continue reading
The King That Was No King Part 2
In part 1, we saw that Messiah, King of the Jews was arrested and captured, treated as a common criminal, tried and falsely convicted of sedition, sentenced to death by a very cruel execution — crucifixion — and left for … Continue reading
The King That Was No King Part 1
The Old Testament contains prophecies of a Messiah king who would come and bring salvation to the Nation of Israel from their enemies, gather all Israelites from around the world back to their homeland (Isaiah 66:20), and create peace and … Continue reading
Was Jesus the Messiah?
In the day Messiah comes there would be:
- Peace and prosperity over all the Earth (Isa 2:4; 11:6-8)
- All of Israel’s enemies defeated (Zac 14:3-4)
- All the tribes of Israel scattered around the world gathered back to their own land (Isa 43:5-6)
- God’s righteous reign in all the world. (Isa 2:3-4, Isa 11, Mic 4:1-3)
- The rebuilding of the temple — the third temple. (Ezekiel 37:26-28)
- Unity of all of Humanity in the universal knowledge of the God of Israel. (Mic 4:1-3, Zec 14:9, Isa 11:9)
Obviously, not one of these conditions was met when Jesus arrived.
Why the Jews Reject Jesus as Messiah
Why do the Jews not accept Jesus as the Messiah?
Don’t the Jews believe that Jesus was a prophet and a Rabbi sent from God? They do. Don’t they believe in doing good works? They do. According to Jesus those who do this “go into life eternal”. If you don’t believe me read it for yourself: Mat 25:34-46.
However, there is really no requirement that one has to believe that Jesus was the Messiah to be ‘saved’. This thing about believing was something that Paul invented. The truth is that there is no solid evidence in the bible that Jesus was the Messiah, in the way that it has been corrupted and the way that the church insists on interpreting it.
According to how the bible is written and how many in the church interpret it, Jesus is disqualified from being the Messiah. Jesus was sent to the Jews and was a Jew himself, born under the Jewish Law. Consequently, to qualify as their Messiah he had to have all of the attributes of all of the Old Testament messianic prophecies as the Jewish Messiah, not to mention the things that were to occur at his coming.