Saturday 25 January 2020

In what sense was Jesus The Messiah?

At his blog From The Narrow Desert, William James Tychonievich has completed a detailed study of the primary Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament; analysing them by comparison with what Jesus actually did.

Wm's purpose is to understand how these prophecies should be understood, and also how Jesus's claim to be The Messiah of nation of Israel should be understood.

William has posted the last, evaluative, part of the series today; in which he draws conclusions - or rather, makes four possible suggestions as to possible conclusions.

But serious readers will find it necessary to read all the preceding posts, surveying the actual prophecies: these begin with his discussions of the Samaritan Messiah