JESUS CHRIST THE KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

Conclusion of EVIDENCE THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH

Of course, not everyone accepted Jesus as the promised Messiah, and the Scriptures had foretold this. As recorded at Psalm 2:2, King David was divinely inspired to foretell: "The kings of the earth take their stand and high officials themselves have massed together as one against Jehovah and against his anointed one."  This prophecy suggests that one land would unite in order to attack Jehovah's Anointed One, or Messiah. And so it was.  The Jewish religious leaders, King Herod, and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate all played a part in having Jesus put to death. Former enemies Herod and Pilate became fast friends from then on.  Matthew 27:1,2; Luke 23:10-12; Acts 4:25-28.

The testimony of Jehovah God is a third line of evidence supporting Jesus' Messiahship.  Jehovah sent angels to let people know that Jesus was the promised Messiah.  (Luke 2:10-14) In fact, during  Jesus' earthly life, Jehovah himself spoke from heaven, expressing his approval of Jesus.  (Matthew 3:16, 17; 17:1-5) Jehovah God  gave Jesus the power to perform miracles. Each one of these was further divine proof that Jesus was the Messiah, for God would never give a fraud power to perform miracles. Jehovah also used his holy spirit to inspire the Gospel accounts, so that the evidence of Jesus' Messiahship became part of the Bible, the most widely translated and distributed book in history. - John 4:25, 26.  

In all these categories of evidence include hundreds of facts that identify Jesus as the promised Messiah. Clearly, then, true Christians have rightly viewed him as 'the one to whom all the prophets bore witness' and the key to the knowledge of God.  (Acts 10:43) But there is more to learn about Jesus Christ that he was the Messiah. Where did he originate? What was he  like? 

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From the book: KNOWLEDGE That Leads to Everlasting Life