Is Jesus the Messiah

Answer 1

Answer 1

Yes. One reason so many think this is so, is because of the many Messianic prophecies He explicitly fulfilled. Some have calculated the statistical possibility of someone fulfilling these as practically nil, unless they were the actual person of course. It would have been impossible for a usurper to engineer things outside of their control, such as where they were to be born and how they were to die for example.

Answer 2

Yes. He is real and will come soon for the day of judgement. Our country was built on God.

Answer 3

The requirements that the credentials would have to match were set out in many Bible prophecies written centuries beforehand. They foretold in minute detail the manner of the Messiah's coming, the nature of his ministry, his suffering at the hands of others, and the type of death he would experience. You may be interested in knowing that those reliable prophecies also foretold his resurrection, his exaltation to the right hand of God, and finally the blessings his future Kingdom rule would bring. In this way, Bible prophecies provided a unique pattern that might be likened to a fingerprint, which can identify only one person.

Of course, when Jesus appeared on the scene in 29 C.E., not all Messianic prophecies were fulfilled then and there. For example, he had not yet been put to death and resurrected. Nevertheless, Andrew, Philip, and many others put faith in Jesus because of what he taught and did. They saw abundant proof that he was, in fact, the Messiah. If you had lived back then and could have studied the evidence firsthand with an open mind, you too would probably have been convinced that Jesus was the Messiah.

Answer 2

This would all depend on who you ask. Christian's would say, "yes, Jesus is the Messiah". The Jewish would say, "He was a man but at most he would have been a false prophet."

According to the Bible:Yes. The Gospel of Matthew in particular calls attention to the Messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus.

Answer 3

There are numerous perspectives on this issue, but there are three groupings, whose individual views are nuanced versions of those perspectives.

1) Historical and Messiah: Most Christian faiths and faithful (like the Community Answer) believe that Jesus is the Messiah and it is upon this conviction (along with other concepts concerning Christian Messianism such as the Sacrifice of God et al.) that Christianity exists. A Christian that does not hold that Jesus is the Messiah is typically not viewed as a Christian.

2) Historical but not Messiah: Most Jews and Moslems accept that Jesus is a historical figure (in Islam he is a Prophet whereas he has no religious significance in Judaism). In both religions, he is not seen as the fulfillment of the prophecies outlined in the Prophetic Writings of the Old Testament and thus not the Messiah. (Note that while Muslims call Jesus as the Messiah, their understanding of that term is vastly different than the Christian understanding. He is not seen as an incarnation of God.)

For a Jewish Argument, please see this Related Question: Why do Jews not believe in Jesus?

3) Ahistorical: Jesus is not a historical figure and therefore it would be impossible for him to be a Messiah.

Note: Anyone can have any one of these three perspective groupings.