Who is the Biblical Messiah?, Analyzing the Christian and Jewish Vision - E-book - ePub

Second book of the collection The Most Extraordinary Man of All History:During the first century of the Christian era, the Jews longed for a powerful Messiah, who would free them from the Roman occupation. While Jesus, proclaimed as Prince of Peace by the prophet Isaiah, was a religious Messiah, destined to achieve the salvation of humanity and to spread the existence of God throughout the world. For reasons of theology, national identity and expectations about a ruler and warrior Messiah, the Jews reject Jesus as the biblical Messiah and still await the arrival of their Messiah.
While the Christians don´t doubt that Jesus is the biblical Messiah. Masterfully, Jesus managed to organize the most relevant social and religious movement in the history of humankind, convincing many Jews to accept the new monotheistic religion and extending his doctrine to the non-Jews. Although two opposing points of view persist (Jesus is not the Jewish Messiah and He is the Messiah of the Christians), the biblical evidences confirm that Jesus is the true Messiah.