Jesus Christ from Nazareth
A man who left an incredible legacy, one whose supposed birth year became the dating system for most of the world.
At the time of his death his followers deserted him and yet there have been millions through history that have based their lives on him and his teachings.
A man who claimed to be God's Son and who was raised from the dead.
Here are some articles which hopefully shed more light upon this amazing person:
Timeline leading up to Jesus Christ and into his early life from 600 BC with the Babylonian empire right up to John the Baptist.
Jeremy Bowen, BBC′s former Middle East correspondent, said about evidence of Jesus:- “I thought you couldn’t corroborate anything that was in the Gospels .. To start with I didn’t know there was a historical character called Jesus – I thought that you had to believe in Jesus the same way as you have to believe in God.
I discovered that in fact there is a lot of historical corroboration for the existence of this man…
Were the Gospels written too long after Jesus? There have been several people who have said that the time between Jesus′ death and resurrection, and when the New Testament was written is a long time. But Donald Campbell’s story is a contemporary illustration: Donald Campbell is known for breaking world speed records, from 1955. Then in 1967 he died. So at the time of writing this article, it has been 37 years since his death. What would happen if someone said that Donald Campbell was just a myth…
How reliable are sources in history, ancient documents like: Caesar′s manuscripts on the Gallic War, Gospels in the Bible, New Testament, Thucydides′ History of Peloponnesian War, Tacitus Histories?
Let′s see the evidence for these writings, compared with the four Gospels…
Jews and Jesus, what does the Jewish community think of Jesus?
They haven′t got a vested interest in Jesus because they see Him as forming a different religion to their own.
We look at what four Rabbis have written about Jesus…
When were the Gospels written and how can we find out when they and other New Testament documents were made? See a time line from about A.D. 30 (Jesus′ death and resurrection) to A.D. 110.
When you read the first few chapters of Genesis it looks like a battle zone – God at war with mankind: 1) Adam and Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden… 2) Later, God flooded the world due to the wickedness in it… 3) And later again, God rained fire down upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Is God really at war with mankind?…
‘Jesus the Prophet’ – is this an image we have of Jesus?
The word ‘prophet’ can create a picture in our mind, of a rugged man, dressed in rough clothes, and shouting out warnings from God.
Jesus did not really fit that picture.
But, it is interesting to see that the people of that time, saw Jesus as a prophet…
Jesus is greater than Moses so let′s look at some of the similarities in respect of:
being a law giver, leading out of slavery, creating new worship…
Early in the Bible God speaks about the coming Messiah (Jesus): “I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him.” Does that ring a bell with Jesus Speaking? Yes, He said: My teaching is not My own. It comes from Him who sent Me.”…
Jesus the speaking prophet teaches us to see into our own hearts and to see how hollow the things of this world are and he tells us about the excellent unseen heavenly things…
The Turin Shroud has been kept in Turin, Italy since 1578.
For centuries it has been surrounded in controversy, many believe that it was the cloth that was wrapped around the body of Jesus of Nazareth, after he had been crucified, others disagree…
Pontius Pilate, the fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judea from AD 26–36, would have heard the rumours; Jesus the King. Yes, some reckoned that this man was the King of the Jews! This despised man just didn’t fit Pilate’s idea of a king. Where were the royal robes, where were his court officials? Where was his army? But Jesus answered Pilate: “My Kingdom is not of this world…
We see from the second Psalm, a war going on, and the battle field is the Earth.
Basically, this huge mass of people, including nations, and rulers, are rebelling against the Lord and His Anointed One – that is Jesus Christ.
They are opposing the Kingdom…
Could God ignore mankind wanting to go their own way?
Could God just declare a “Not guilty” verdict over the human race?
That would be like all the Judges in the courts, saying: “You are guilty, but I’ll pretend you’re not, so you are free to leave!”.
It would not be lawful, to let the guilty go free…
