Who Is Jesus The Messiah?

After exhibiting the interconnecting story of Jesus’ birth to the prophecy, Matthew continues to portray how Jesus’ theology and teachings are founded on the commandments. As Professor Smarr asserted, Jesus is seen more of a “moral-religious teacher” (Smarr 18 January 2012) rather than “a warrior king who will vanquish the Romans” (Smarr 18 January 2012) as demonstrated in Mark’s Gospel. After accumulating a small group of Jewish followers, he begins to preach what is known as the Sermon on the Mount. In one of the descriptions, he stated that other should not think “ . . . that [I] have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not to abolish but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). He unquestionably declares that he grounds his teachings on the established Jewish laws. On top of that, he reinforces it by telling the crowd that “whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven . . .” (Matthew 5:19). These laws are in no way replacements for the law

Firstly, Jesus was Jewish and he would teach in different synagogues throughout the villages he travelled to. While in those villages Jesus would also heal those who were suffering. In his teachings he touched the hearts of the people and this created instability which frightened Jewish religious authorities. A group of men who Jesus touched started to follow and became his disciples. Jesus taught them about the will of God; as well as about a “new covenant” that God will bring to humanity through Himself, Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ was born around 4 BC, and believed to be the the true Son of the true God the Father. Jesus performed miracles on Earth, preached about God, and was crucified. He was then crucified by a man named POntius Pilate, for committing treason. Since Jesus was the Son of God, he had the power to stop His crucifixion, but he didn’t. He didn’t in order to save all of humanity; the Nicene Creed states Jesus saved us, “for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven” (Nicene Creed). Jesus has been worshipped since then; people pray to Him, dedicate churches to praising Him, and teach his teachings.

To understand how Jesus broke various laws and social rules during His time it is important to understand why it was meaningful for Him to do it in the first place. It seems that most around the King of the Jews had a problem with His actions, words and timing. Yet, He didn’t come to please people, but to save them. The sense of urgency which carried His thoughts trumped any kind of social conduct He was expected to follow. For the Jews who held the law given to Moses at Mount Sinai, it was more than confusing to see the Messiah disregarding many of the laws which governed their lives. What the Jews didn’t comprehend was that Jesus came to crush the cycle of sin, by conquering all humanly limitations for the advancement of the Kingdom. Astonishingly enough they didn’t see that Jesus is the fulfillment of the law in the most perfect and ultimate way.

The Pharisees, scribes, priests and Sadducees were all classified as religious leaders in the bible. None of them had any faith in Jesus, they believed he was a fake of who he said he was on this earth. During this time in the bible, no one really knew who Jesus really was

Jeffery L. Sheler says in the article, Who was Jesus, “Some followed him, believing he was God's anointed one, while others dismissed him as a pretender and a troublemaker”(6). This shows that some followed him trying to be a child of god just like Jesus but some people did not. Jesus was trying to make people believe in what he was preaching, but some people did not want to believe him. Evidence from Jeffery L. Sheler in the article, Who was Jesus says, “It was said that he was a healer and a gifted teacher who challenged conventional wisdom and spoke with authority and wit”(2). Jesus was trying to teach people about God to influence them to his beliefs. He challenged conventional wisdom to convince what he was saying was true. A quote by Robert M. Price in the article, Myth and Men: Are the religious founders unfounded? says, “Instead of hammering out laws he issues, teaching parables, and prophecies, which are later taken by legal force by his followers” (8). Jesus was a teacher more than he just made laws. Even though he did not give out laws and punishments, he still was a strict preacher. Although some people did not like what Jesus was teaching, he still kept on teaching because he knew that it meant a lot to

We all know the stories about Jesus that is so popular and important to people now who are religious. Jesus claimed that he is the Son of God and although it is something he really didn’t put out there people still talked about it. He became a common topic and people began to follow him which made the Pharisees

The Sermon on the Mount was God’s first utterance to the general public, who had been reared by a corrupted Judaism. Moreover, it has been interpreted to possibly to be the first discourse to Jesus’ disciples. In His design, He not only wanted to teach Christians ethics, but attempted to point out the errors of Pharisaism while bringing to life the consciences about God’s legalistic listeners. In Matthew 5:20, God says, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." These themes follow through to the end of the chapter. God expounded the spiritual side of the law to awaken His audience so they could see they needed His own perfect righteousness. Their blinders resulted in ignorance of the spiritual side of the law that was the source of Phrisaism, the leaders conveyed they would fulfil the law with the outward letter. God wanted to set His people back on track with this information on how they should act ethically.

In our world today, many people think that Jesus did live but he was just a really good person or a teacher. These people do not believe that Jesus was the son of God or a completely perfect person. Many people also believe that he was killed on a cross but they do not believe that he rose from the dead since they think he was human. In the Bible, we find many verses that disprove those theories. Jesus clearly states who he believed he was and what he would one day do. As a Christian, I believe all the claims made by Jesus. I believe that he was a 100% perfect, sinless person who was both human and God. He is God’s son that God sent down to die and defeat sin by rising from the dead. He fulfilled the prophecies of the Messiah and King of the Jews. I do not believe that Jesus was just a human that lived a good life and taught us how to live. I believe he lived a perfect life and made a way for us to truly live. Some people say that Jesus did not really say he was the son of God but the Bible shows the many claims made by Jesus to be the real Son of God, Son of Man and Savior of all humans.

In the modern age many people no longer believe in Jesus Christ. They claim that modern science and historical data disproves Jesus. In fact, this just is the opposite. Most scholars do not doubt that Jesus of Nazareth existed, but it is His divinity that they doubt. By looking at historical documents and using basic reason one can see that Jesus Christ did exist, and through His actions we can see that he was divine.

In the early days of the church there were many different ideals about who Jesus was ( Ebionitism, Docetism, Gnosticism, Arianism, Apollonarianism, Adoptionism, Nestorianism,and Eutychianism) a great teacher, a prophet,

This was and is no small statement. Part of every religion is that each believer believes that their faith is the way. Indeed, Christ tells Christians he is the way, the truth and the light. For true partnerships between religions to take place there must be a willingness to question and explore the deepest set of beliefs in each faith. In the book, he refers to the willingness of his Christian friends Alice and Roy Eckardt to openly challenge the absolute truths of Christianity to the point of expulsion. It is this bravery to explore that spurs him on to write about concepts such as covenantal pluralism. Greenberg was challenging Jewish belief to the divine right as the people of God, the chosen Israelites. He tells us how that first covenant

Now-a-days it seems like religion has become somewhat of a taboo. It has fallen on the back burners, pushed behind things such as famous actors that people look up to or things portrayed in the media. The thing is, the most important figure in history is part of religion and should be revered much more than the idolized actors of today. The human population has become blind to spiritual life and has become engulfed by a social lifestyle. If you look around, people have forgotten what it’s like to know Jesus and any aspect of religion. Religion is the biggest part of any person’s life because it is the building block for everything we have.

Yeshua, the Messiah was also sold for pieces of silver as also we see Joseph being sold.

Throughout the Old Testament, Israel was called to live a life of holiness, striving for Godly righteousness, following the laws Yahweh set our before them to reach a level of devotion no people had ever reached in history. God calls Israel to be a people of priests in Exodus 19. God desired the Israelites to be set apart from any other nation through their lifestyles and be in relationship with him. Fast forwarding to the New Testament, Christians are called to be something that is strikingly similar to that of Israel: to live a life that is exemplary of the Messiah Jesus Christ; the holy Son of the all gracious, all powerful, all merciful God, filled with an abundance of love. However, through Jesus we are called to be a part of a royal priesthood and drawn into an intimate relationship. Two different periods of time, but the same call. It is important to regard God reasserts His rule over His Kingdom by allowing for His people to be part of his mission done by anointing them as a people of priests.