Messiah Yeshua

Is Yeshua the promised Messiah of Scripture? What proof can be found to support this belief? Some claim that the narratives about Yeshua are based on pagan stories from other religious systems. What is the truth on this matter? Furthermore, what proof is there that Yeshua was an actual living person, and not a mythic hero for Christians? These matters will be dealt with in this section. Other matters also to be dealt with include many of the ethical issues surrounding Yeshua and His teachings, whether the claim to His divinity holds up to be true, and other key beliefs that are held about Yeshua and His Messiahship. If you have been troubled by an argument laid down by a biblical critic or "anti-missionary" you've come to the right place!
      

Table of Contents

- Messianic Issues - Pagan Origins? - Rabbinic Connection - Scriptural Errors and Contradictions - Torah and Ethical Issues - Historical Department - Messianic Divinity?

Messianic Issues

- The Kingdom Offer  - Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism  - Barukh Haba b'Shem Adonai!  - Proof Yeshua is Messiah  - Is Yeshua the Messiah? - Jesus Didn't Fulfill All the Prophecies! - Yeshua: King Messiah - Yeshua: King Messiah II     Offsite Links - Was Jesus a Failure as a Messiah

Resurrection Debate

- The resurrection appearances, a case of group Hallucination? off-site - How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500? off-site

Pagan Origins?

Mystery Religions Yeshua a copycat Savior from paganism?! Was Yeshua just a CopyCat Savior Myth? Was the NT influenced by paganism?  Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions? Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Philosophy? Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History?     Mithraism - Mithras and Yeshua? - About Mithraism - Yeshua and Mythology - Yeshua and Mythology II - The Power of Myth     Buddhism - Buddha and What He Taught Off-Site Links - Jesus cried to a pagan god on the Cross?

Rabbinic Connection

- Yeshua in the Talmud  - Christianity in the Talmud  - Rabbinic Theology and Literature  - Tanakh Passages Recognized as Messianic by Judaism - The Gospel of the Rabbis  (some quotes MAY be out of context at this time)

Scriptural Errors and Contradictions

Scriptural Errors? - Was Jesus Mistaken about Zechariah? - Abiathar or Ahimelech?      Contradictions - Mistaken about 2nd Coming? - Did Jesus tell them to take a staff or not? off-site - Different Details in Parallel Passages off-site - How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500? off-site

Torah, Ethical Issues and Interesting Questions

Torah - Yeshua's Sacrifice, a Torah violation against Human Sacrifice? - If Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice? off-site      Ethical - Yeshua, the Hate Monger? - Jesus was fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious . . . off-site - The Sermon on the Mount, a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain? off-site      Interesting Questions - 101 Questions About Yeshua of Nazareth - 101 MORE Questions About Yeshua of Nazareth - Did Jesus speak the 'Son of Man' sayings? off-site - What does 'firstborn' mean when used of Jesus? off-site - Did Christ die for Satan? off-site - What was the use of Christ's death? off-site

Historical Department

- Shattering the Christ-Myth - Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d. off-site - Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus 2 off-site - Was Jesus Really Married? off site  - The Torn Veil

Geneological Issues

- Toledot Yeshua - Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus off-site

Messianic Divinity

Incarnation - The Incarnation off-site - Responses to the Incarnation off-site Deity of Messiah - How could Jesus be fully divine and live on earth? off-site - Jesus' Self Understanding in the Synoptics off-site - Jesus' Self Understanding in John off-site - NT Witness: Responses to Jesus off-site - The NT Witness: Literary Responses to Jesus off-site - The NT Witness: Literary Responses to Jesus 2 off-site - Other data relative to the deity of Jesus off-site - The Deity of Jesus - Summary off-site - John 1.1 - "a God"? off-site - Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus off-site Trinity - Trinity Introduction - Tanakh Data On the Tri-Unity off-site - Tanakh Passages Relevant to the Tri-Unity off-site - Trinity in the Zohar - Trinity: Ancient Church Formulas off-site - Trinity: NT Witness off-site     Angel of the Lord "THE" Angel of the Lord? off-site

Mirror Images, Studies in Typology

- Typology: A Valid Approach?      - Yeshua and Israel - Yeshua and Yosef - Yeshua and Moshe       Off Site Links - Gospels are rip-off stories from the OT?