THE MAN BEHIND THE CROSS

Isa 49:15 

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee... (God the creator of Heaven and Earth)

To provide evidences of the Old Testaments correlated to the personage of Jesus is something ironic to the Gentiles, the Romans and even to the Greek and Jew.

That is one of the many a reasons why Jesus makes a Miraculous works. They do not believe Him. 

Unfortunately the world today’s population; ninety percent of it were blind of the miracle works of Jesus. They believe Jesus just in their tongue. They love Jesus and admitted it with just their tongue.

 And the reason the entire life of Christian is filled with proofs and explanations is that for many years the personality of Jesus is Questionable. 

On the other hand Christians have no blind faith, because all the miracle every man could have imagine were transparently seen not just around but also to himself. Your fingerprints is the simple but unbreakable manifestation of God's miracle to us, you cannot get another fingerprint the same as yours in the whole wide world.
True Christians is the only religion that can prove itself, and a main source of that proof is the Bible. Let us begin with this, God said to Abraham:

Gen 15:5 

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be.

Gen 13:16 

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen 15:6 
Those verses proves us at the start of our expedition that this little book called the bible has demonstrate the authentication of the door that will leads us to the life of Jesus. The Christian Community today is a billion of stars in number to compensate what God had told to Abraham before: that if a man can number the dust of the earth...so shall Abraham's seed can be numbered.

Since there is a lot of evidence supporting Christianity and the existence of all that proof is one of a million reasons that people should learn and believed about the solid verification that supports the teachings of Jesus and the Kindness of the Almighty God, and have it share to others. Amen…
Luk 16:31  
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 

Where the thoroughness of the bible be proven by the following?

1.      Scientific             material, physical evidence

2.      Prophetic             prediction from the past

3.      Messianic            pronouncement of the messiah (anointed one)

4.      Textual                writings in any material

5.      Historians           archaeologist with a physical proof

6.      People around   being living around the specified surrounding area

7.      Highlights           Jesus is no human

 Authenticity of the Man

1. The Scientific Evidence

Luke 23:2  
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. 
Luke 23:3  
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou say it. 
Luke 23:4  
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. 

Romans Amphitheater were Christians Devour
by big Lions as part of Romans Festivities

The Pilate stone (probably the least known object on this list) was discovered on June of 1961 near Caesarea (part of Judea) by Dr. Antonio Frova while he was excavating with his team of archeologists at an Ancient Roman theater built by Herod the Great in 30BC. The stone had been reused in the fourth century as part of a new staircase that had been added later. What was significant about this stone was what the archeologists found inscribed on the side: “To the Divine Augusti [this] Tiberieum … Pontius Pilate … prefect of Judea … has dedicated [this]“. 

This was the first time physical evidence had been found for the existence of the Biblical Pontius Pilate. Its authenticity is universally recognized by the archeological world.

2. The Prophetic evidence

One of the arguments of the accuracy of the Bible is its 100% accuracy in predicting the future. These future predictions are called “prophecies.” The Old Testament was written between approximately 1450 BC and 430 BC. During that time, many predictions of the future were recorded in the Bible by God’s prophets. Of the events that were to have taken place by now, everything happen just the way they predicted it would. No other “sacred writing” has such perfectly accurate predictions of the future.

      John the Baptist

Predictions at Isaiah 40:3 

The voice of him that cried in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,               make straight in

the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straights and the rough places plain:  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 40:5

Materialize at Mark 1:1 

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; as it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.  The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; and preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Mark 1:8 

    Mary conceive a child

Forecast at Isaiah_7:14 

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shalt call his name Immanuel

Materialize at Matthew 1:18 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately.  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  Matthew 1:23  

3. The Messianic Prophetic evidence

Prophecy Dealing With Nations

Like other prophecy recorded in the Bible, these predictions support the supernatural inspiration of the Bible. The prophecies recorded in the Bible came true in such a detailed way that they could not have been predicted by chance. Further, archaeologists have evidence that these prophecies were written down many years before they were fulfilled, proving that they were not falsified documents claiming to be prophecies that came true. (The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls stopped the majority of that talk.)

 Luke 21:5

And as some speak of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, as for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another stone; that shall not be thrown down.

                                                                   Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi

Jerusalem under siege 70 AD

The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus , with    Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command,besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66. The siege ended with the sacking of the city and the destruction of its Second Temple.

Luke 21:7 

And they asked him, saying,

Master, but when shall these things been? And what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? And he said, Take heed, that ye been not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draw near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in diversified places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sign

Recent Syrian War with Turkish

 and great signs shall there be from heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer : “For I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.”   Luke 21:15  

Within these pronouncement of Jesus one of the signs that we should expect to Evangelist of God was that he has a mouth and wisdom that no enemy of God will be able to gainsay or resist his wisdom! 

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4. The Textual Evidence

Malachi 3:16  
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 

The Dead Sea Scrolls are almost 1,000 biblical manuscripts discovered in the decade after World War 2 in what is now the West Bank. The texts, mostly written on parchment but also on papyrus and bronze, are the earliest surviving copies of biblical and extra-biblical documents known to be in existence, dating over a 700 year period around the birth of Jesus.

                                                                                                                                                      

The ancient Jewish sect the Essenes is supposed to have authored the scrolls, written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, although no conclusive proof has been found to this effect.

Both the Old and New Testaments are strongly supported by manuscript evidence (the evidence of early hand written copies). The famous Dead Sea Scrolls are one example of the Old Testament evidence.

5. The Proof of People Living at the Time of Christ

Special proof exists for the New Testament, since Christians were strongly persecuted by both the Jews and the Roman government. If the New Testament writings were false, these two groups would have produced a great deal of evidence to stop the growth of this “sect.” None exists. Further, the New Testament writings (before they were assembled into the “book” we call the New Testament) circulated during the lifetimes of thousands of people who had actually seen Jesus’ miracles and other historic events. No one ever refuted the New Testament writings as “fairy tales.”

And if someone contradicts the Pilate Stone is a little but bursting contribution of the artifact that there lived Pilate whom Jesus was judged by him. The people around who knew Pontius Pilate, his descendants or relative may contradict the fact, also some historians may discover some items or actuality that may lead in the correlation of Jesus and other biblical personage like Pilate.

6. The Evidence of the Historians

Sea of Galilee Boat

Luke 8:22  

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 

Luke 8:23  But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 

Luke 8:24  And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 

Luke 8:25  And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he command even the winds and water, and they obey him. 

Luke 8:26  And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 

The Sea of Galilee Boat is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century CE (the time of Jesus Christ), discovered in 1986 on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The remains

of the boat were found by brothers Moshe and Yuval Lufan, fishermen from Kibbutz Ginnosar.

The brothers are amateur archaeologists with an interest in discovering artifacts from Israel’s past. They found the ship after a drought reduced the water level of the lake. The men reported their discovery to the authorities who sent out a team of archaeologists to investigate.

Realizing that the remains of the boat was of tremendous historical importance to Jews and Christians alike, a secret archaeological dig followed, undertaken by members of Kibbutz Ginosar, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and numerous volunteers. The boat measures at 27 feet (8.27 meters) long, 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) wide and with a maximum preserved height of 4.3 feet (1.3 meters). Excavating the boat from the mud without damaging it was a difficult process that lasted 12 days and nights. The boat was then submerged in a chemical bath for 7 years before it could be displayed at the Yigal Allon Museum in Kibbutz Ginosar.

The Sea of Galilee boat is made primarily of cedar planks joined together by pegged mortise and tendon joints and nails. It has ten different wood types, suggesting either a wood shortage or that it was made of scrap wood. The boat is historically important to Jews because it is an example of the type of boat used by their ancestors in the 1st century. Previously only references made by Roman authors, the Bible and mosaics have provided archeologist insight into the construction of these types of vessels. The boat is also important to Christians because it was the type of vessel that Jesus and his disciples used, several of whom were fishermen.

Pontius Pilate

Secular history supports the Bible as the famous historian Flavius Josephus writes:

“Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works— teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him;  And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, was not extinct at this day.”

Luk e23:2   And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. 

Another concerned, was at the time of Caesar Augustus:

·         Augustus (Latin: Imperātor Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family.

Matthew 22:16 

And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care thou for any man: for thou regard not the person of men.

       Tell us therefore, what think thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he said unto them, whose is this image and superscription?

They say unto him, Caesar's. Then said he unto them,

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.  Mat thew 22:21  

Highlights of the story

The Authentication of anything in this world is a manifestation or a result of a dispute. You want to confirmed it that no one ever opposed it in the future.  The result might be in favor of one thing to another.  Probably, its differences may be displayed by a positive or a negative outcomes; but one thing is blatantly correct - that as far as the evidences were properly lay down to end up an issue of unsubstantiated fact, all those facts must have an evidence - physically, unless it is a spiritual in content.

A testimony laid down by our Lord and Savior was in Matthew 13:45 -51 is an striking evidence,  if you will hear uneducated carpenter prophesy the selection done in the kingdom of God, which is logically speaking true if you are sorting and or judging someone in a good and bad situation at the end of the world is a great manifestation for unlearned poor carpenter to speak to those multitude in a parable the Judgment Day. It says:

Mat 13:45 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:  Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and saved the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Jesus said unto them, have you understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Another thing that thump in any Christian heart is this:

Matthew 5:43 

Ye have heard that it been said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.

But I say unto you,

Love your enemies,

Bless them that curse you,

Do good to them that hate you,

And pray for them which despitefully use you,

And persecute you;

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and send rain on the just and on the unjust.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

                                                                                                                                            

So loving your enemy benefits you to be perfect and be called son of God. Isn’t it a beacon of evidence in a pit of darkness that we have a perfect Father that send rain on the just and the unjust.

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       At the end of the day, when the setting of the sun still seen in the west...
     let us think of someone dear to our heart, 
     is that someone dear to you the name is Jesus? The man behind the cross?
     Tell Him justly, that you believe Him as the man behind the cross is JESUS THE SON OF GOD.
      
     Luke 23:38  
       And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew,                                                       THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
                                                              MY KING AND GOD...JESUS .
     to GOD be the glory...