amg0364730 said:
Hi to all my brethren.
1. Is Jesus is the same as what the Torah had tell us?
Can you expand on what you mean by this?
2. IS Jesus is the only one born in a virgin birth? How could we be sure? Is Mary (Marriam) is a real virgin or
accidentally gave birth to a unwanted child. (Born from promiscuity)
Well, it really doesn't matter if Jesus was the only one or not. Why? Because the virgin birth was not the ONLY prophecy concerning the Messiah - it was one of them. This was one requirement that had to be met by the Messiah. I suppose it may be possible for others to be born of a virgin (albeit a very small possibility), but even if they were the question needs to be asked "did they meet and fulfill the remaining Messianic prophecies?
3. If Jesus was the messiah, then why Christians fight each other? Is Jesus just invented by careful minds?
This really has more to do w/ the sinful nature of mankind than the legitimacy of Jesus as the Messiah. Jesus is not simply a clever invention. The Apostles claimed that they were eyewitnesses and other pagan & Jewish historians (Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Josephus, etc.) record that Jesus was a real figure of history and acknowledged that he did many great signs. There is way too much evidence for Jesus' historicity to be just a clever hoax.
4. Is the crucifixion is the only way, we recognize the messiah?
My answer from question # 2 is relevant here. Again, that is not the ONLY way we recognize the Messiah - it is ONE way. Did Jesus fulfill ALL the Old Testament prophecies? Yes. If he failed to fulfill just one of those prophecies, then he would not be the Messiah. So, you need to consider the fact that he fulfilled all the messianic prophecies, not just one or two.
5. Is resurrection is real? If it is, then why didn't His disciples recognize him?
There are a handful of possibilities to explain the empty tomb.
Theory #1 - The disciples stole the body and made it up. Why is this not very plausible? Well, the disciples didn't have a good track record for their bravery. We see that they just about always took off when their lives were at stake (fleeing at Jesus' arrest in Matt. 26:56 & Peter's denial are just 2 examples of the disciples lack of courage). So does it make sense that these same men would take on highly trained Roman soldiers guarding the tomb? Not likely. The disciples were common laborers, not trained soldiers.
Theory #2 - Jesus wasn't really dead and he recovered in the coolness of the tomb. Is this theory plausible? Not really. Roman soldiers were trained & experienced executioners. If they botched a capital execution like crucifixion, then it would be their life. Furthermore, 3 days would not be nearly enough time for Jesus to recover from the injuries he sustained w/ no fluids, food, or medicine. Then, in his weakened state he would have had to unwrap himself from the burial cloths that were weighed down by 75 lbs of burial spices, remove a 1-ton stone covering the tomb's entrance, and overtake the highly trained Roman soldiers waiting outside. It's a pretty ridiculous theory.
Theory #3 - The disciples made it up! Again, not very plausible. Why? Well, we see that the disciples began preaching the Gospel and the resurrection IN Jerusalem only about a month & 1/2 after Jesus' crucifixion. Remember that Jesus was crucified during Passover and Acts 2 takes place in Jerusalem during Pentecost (50 days after Passover). The Christians were considered a nuisance to the Jews and being local, it would have been easy enough for the Jews to go to the tomb and squash the disciple's claims by revealing the remains of Jesus if the body was really there. Secondly, if you're going to create an elaborate hoax, then you don't do it in the same place that evidence is piled against you and certainly not that soon.
Theory #4 - The disciples hallucinated. Ok, this is just absurd! People don't experience mass hallucinations of the SAME THING. Furthermore, hallucinations only last a couple seconds or minutes at the most - not 40 days! Again, it would've been easy enough to retrieve Jesus' remains if it was only a hallucination.
The reality is that Jesus' resurrection is the only legitimate claim that makes sense of all the evidence.
Please this is not a debate! I just want insights from you. This questions were too many, but I just put only 5 for the mean time.
I hope that helps, there is much more that could be said. I suggest you pick up some good books on Christian apologetics if you really want to know more. Do the research yourself, don't just rely on a few paragraphs from a message board.
God bless!