Articles in The Identity of Jesus

Is Jesus the Messiah?

The Meaning of Messiah

When you hear the word Messiah, what image comes to mind? A bunch of singers in search of an orchestra at Christmas time? Let's face it, most of us do not really know what the word means.
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The Suffering Messiah

The Suffering Messiah: What the Rabbis Say

Do the rabbinic writings speak of a "Suffering Messiah?" The answer to this question is a resounding-"Yes!" Where do the early rabbis draw their material from? From the Jewish Scriptures! Two primary Scriptures that the rabbis draw upon in their writings on the Suffering Messiah are Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53.
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The Seventy Weeks of Daniel

By Dr. Harold A. Sevener

Christmas, like Hanukkah, should always remind us that Israel is "God's Time Clock" for the nations. When the angel Gabriel told Mary she would conceive the Messiah Yeshua, it was no coincidence! Centuries earlier God sent Gabriel to Daniel.

Daniel was told "Seventy Weeks" (Hebrew "sevens" or 490 years) was the time God had placed upon Jerusalem before the Messiah would come (Daniel 9:24-27). The 490 years measures three periods of time on God's "Time Clock." Jerusalem is the "event hand" moving prophetic history to fulfill God's Word.
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Isaiah 9:6 and the Names of Messiah

By Mark Ellick

In ancient Israel, names mattered. A name might be the embodiment of someone's character. A name change could indicate a kind of rebirth into a whole new purpose in life.
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Why It's Jewish to Believe in Jesus

By Noel Rabinowitz

Many Jewish people assume that to believe in Jesus is to do something very goyish-something very "Gentile." All our lives, we have been told that Jesus is for the Gentiles and that He is therefore not the promised Messiah. And, it is for this reason that the Jewish community remains steadfast in its unwavering confession that "Jews don't believe in Jesus!"
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Hanukkah: Countdown to Messiah

On Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication, Jewish people remember one of the shining moments in Israel's history. It is a glorious story of the best kind-a righteous underdog battling against seemingly insurmountable odds and prevailing. The mighty Maccabees rallied a beaten and dispirited people and turned them into winners.
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