Jesus Is The Messiah

Well Alak, one difference between Jesus and Selassie is that Jesus did claim to be the Messiah.

His followers, who built an empire on the claim, said he did. Myself, I'm sceptical.

Okay, in my Bible (Youthwalk devotional) If you read any of the four gospels, it says "so that the prophesy will be fulfilled" a^ and there are at least seven on every page, it seems, pointing to that prophesy in the Old Testament.

And, i think someone in an earlier post said something about Isiah, and those other prophet dudes that were "messiahs" Yes... then again, there were five "integral anomolys" in the Matrix that failed before Neo Saved everyone... just a little thought to shed some light on the subject. No more will be said about the matrix

and, another point, how do you debate the virgin birth? You can't just say "Joseph thought she was a virgin, and so did everyone else, but she knew Bill Clinton... blah blah blah..." no, it's not like that. The virgin woman had a child.

Jesus was taken up into Heaven. Ascension. He's not going to go on some talk show, that would ruin the state of free will that God gave all of us. So, He is alive. Still is. He even says that He'll come back later, and, Revelation is a prophecy that has yet to come, but when it does, in no uncertain terms... well... you guys are screwed.

:-P

EDIT: Bethlehem means Bethlehem. "He" or "Him" is never capitalized in the Bible at all. I did read all of your post, Ogimos. and don't forget about the albino rastafarians in the matrix.

He and Him weren't capitalized because Greek only really used capital letters when you were engraving things. The point of capitalizing He and Him in respect to God is to make them proper nouns instead of pronouns.

Actually, in Jesus' day, Hebrew and Greek letters didn't even have capitals. There was no capital specifically for the word "God." The Hebrew word elohim (plural) was used to refer to God and to false gods, and the Greek word theos (singular) similarly referred to God as well as false gods. "Lord Jesus Christ" was also written Kurios Iesous Kristos without any special capitals or other distinguishing marks. People back then were obviously smart enough to figure out the important stuff on their own.

El, of course, being the singular.

El almost always referred to false gods. The only time it was used for God was in the term "El-Shaddai" (roughly translated "God Almighty" or "the Sovereign LORD").

Also, I think Eloah was the singular for Elohim. But you're the Jew, so you'll probably know where to check and see if I'm right or wrong, because I may be confusing it with something else.

Naw, "El" just means god, like the English word god.

Also, god has a lot of names in Hebrew. These are usually passed off as "God Almighty" "The Lord God" and such, but really, each name has a different personality. I direct you to James Miller's "God: A Biography".

But this one Jew I talked to said it's forbidden for Jews to worship El. Are you sure El is used in reference to YHVH?

The trouble with calling Jesus the Messiah is that it assumes that there is a God in the first place.

Personally, I don't know either way. I do know that Jesus, man or Messiah, meant well, though. He did seem a little nuts with that whole cannibalism shit though.

Well, I know Greek HAD capital letters, but they were soley for engraving. The lower-case letters were way too round and wavy to put on rocks.

im not quite whats going on here but a none beliver in any religen exept myown 121 members and counting, may make a official site or somtin lol

but lookin at the title "jesus is the messiah" id say that is wrong, buddah has the right idea

A couple things I'd like to say.

Firstly, history tells us Jesus and His apostles existed. This much is fact. It also tells us that Jesus died on te cross because He was a "troublemaker."

However, here is the point I'd like to make, and this too is historical. Jesus' followers went into hiding directly after His death, but three days later, something happened that caused them to again believe His message and speak in its favor. And on that day of Pentecost, something happened that convinced several thousand people that Jesus the Nazorean was the messiah.

I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and before you try to argue against Him I'd like you to explain what's going on in the above paragraph, which is historical fact.