Investigating the Messiah

Topic Notes

• Was Jesus the Messiah?
• How do we know?
• Daniel 9 gives the exact year the Messiah would die.
  • Ancestry of Jesus, prophesied:
  • Messiah from Abraham – Genesis 12:1-3
  • From the tribe of Judah – Genesis 49:10.
  • From the house of David – 2 Sam 7:14
  • From Bethlehem – Micah 5:2
  • This is basically an address!!
• John 11:47-48
• The Bible should stand on its own as an historical document
• There are other writings that corroborate the events in the Bible
• Non Christian Historians are congruent with Biblical events:
  • Tacitus
  • Suetonius
  • Thallus
  • Pliny the Younger
• More proof that Jesus DIED and ROSE from the dead: F.E.A.T.
  • (F) Fatal Torment
  • (E) Empty Tomb
  • (A) Appearances
  • (T) Transformation
• BIBLE CONTRADICTION via EvilBible.com
  • When Jesus rose from the dead – when did the women find the tomb? After sunrise or before?
  • Mark 16:2 vs John 20:1

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