“Jesus is obivously a ancient myth” Bill Maher
Who has “The Problem”?
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He was despised and rejected by mankind, a Man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces He was despised, and we held Him in low esteem. Surely He took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered Him punished by God, stricken by Him, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. —Isaiah 53:3-6 NIV
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. —Isaiah 53:9-10
8 Most Quoted Prophecies of Jesus the Messiah
Born in Bethlehem – Micah 5:2
Fulfilled – Matthew 2:1-7; John 7:42; Luke 2:4-7
Enter Jerusalem on a donkey – Zechariah 9:9
Fulfilled – Matthew 21:6-11
Betrayed by a friend – Psalm 41:9; Psalm 55:12-14
Fulfilled – Matthew 10:4; Matthew 26:49-50; John 13:21
Born of a virgin – Isaiah 7:14
Fulfilled – Matthew 1:18-24; Matthew 2:1 Luke 1:26-35
Executed by crucifixion, with hands & feet pierced – Psalm 22:16
Fulfilled – John 19:28
Executed without a bone broken – Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:21
Fulfilled – John 19:33-36
Raised from the dead – Isaiah 53:9-10; Psalm 2:7; Psalm 16:10
Fulfilled – Matthew 28:1-20; Acts 2:23-36; Acts 13:33-37; 1 Corinthians 11:4-6
Executed by crucifixion as a thief – Psalm 22:16; Zechariah 12:10; Isaiah 53:5-12
Fulfilled – Luke 23:33; John 20:25; Matthew 27:38; Mark 5:27-28
“The prospect that anyone would satisfy those eight prophecies was just 1 in 1,017. He fulfilled 55.” — Peter Stoner, Chairman,
Depts of Mathematics & Astronomy,
Pasadena College
Stop and say WOW!
Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. —Luke 24:41 NLT
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Then He said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And He said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of His name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ You are witnesses of all these things.” —Luke 24:44-48 NIV
Jesus called His own shot.
When they came together in Galilee, He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief. —Matthew 17:22-23 NIV