Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son
And shall call his name Immanuel
Isaiah Seven 14
The Virgin Will Be With Child
But who is that child
And is there now a Was
In The place of Will Be
Were there things once said
That were later to be seen
And if so
What will it mean
For those who await a king
Some say it'll be a first
Others his second coming
But what do we know
If indeed there was a first
There must be something to show
Yeshua
Jesus of Nazareth
Did he really exist
Or was he only a myth
Certainly this is a name
With millenniums
Of influence
And even global
Significance
There must be a trace
A time, a place
There's must be a strong way
To deliberate this case
So here's not what we think
But what we actually know
From what historians, political figures
And writers of the time wrote
Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius
Pliny, Trajan, Lucian, Justin, Tartarius
And even the Jewish Talmud
While unconnected and independent
All put together accounts
Of a Man Named Jesus
Called Christus
Who skeptics called a magician
And believers called Divine
But In this they all aligned
He was in fact
A performer of many great signs
Amassed
A great number of followers
Like no other figure
Of all recorded time
Commonly known as a good man
But convicted without crime
Beaten, Flogged, pierced and crucified
And died
Then placed in the tomb
Of a very wealthy guy
Only for 3 days later
To be found empty inside
But here's where it all collides
The fact that his body was missing
Was confirmed by all sides
While the governing authorities
Said it was falsified
By his followers
Who stole his body and lied
Hundreds began to claim
They've all seen him alive
But one thing was certain
The Tomb was indeed empty
And noted by all accounts
But even more interesting
His following didn't dry out
Instead it increased
Into incredible amounts
Even through severe persecution
And death
They spread news of his resurrection
With every dying breath
Beheaded, stoned or beaten
With nothing left
They pressed
And considered themselves blessed
To suffer only for his Name
And no accounts
Of personal, material, or monetary gain
For this man to not have existed
Simply cannot be explained
And all great scholars agree
Whether Jewish, skeptics
Atheist or believers of Christianity
Jesus Called Christ
Was a real historical figure
No questions on that
So lets not let it linger
But was he Moshiach
And Did he match the description
In prophecies
That were previously written
Isaiah 50 Six I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not Cover My face from humiliation and spitting
Isaiah 53 Seven He was oppressed and He was afflicted
Yet He did not open His mouth
Like a lamb that is led to Slaughter
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth
Psalm 22 16 For dogs have surrounded me
A band of evildoers has encompassed me
They pierced my hands and my feet
Isaiah 53 12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great
And He will divide the booty with the strong
Because He poured out Himself to death
And was numbered with the transgressors
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many
And interceded for the transgressors
Psalm 22 18 They divide my garments among them
And for my clothing they cast lots
Psalm 69 21 They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink
Zechariah 12 Ten And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
The Spirit of grace and of supplication
So that they will look on Me whom they have pierced
And they will mourn for Him
As one mourns for an only son, a
And they will weep bitterly over Him
Like the bitter weeping over a first-born
Isaiah 53 Nine His grave was assigned with wicked men
Yet He was with a rich man in His death
Because He had done no violence
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth
And Finally
Isaiah 53 Five But He was pierced through for our transgressions
He was crushed for our iniquities
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him
And by His scourging we are healed
And that's all Hebrew Scripture
Painting New Testament Pictures
Which to this point
I have yet to bring into the mixture
But i leave that to another album
And make it a fixture