Bible Question: People often say that they do not believe in Christ because they have never seen him at work. Other than answers that can be cast aside (such as the beauty and intricacy of nature) can you think of any specific examples of the proof of the existence of Christ? |
Bible Answer: Yes, I agree with Hank and would add this. Josephus said this, "About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared. - Jewish Antiquities, 18.3.3 ยง63 Moreover, the recent discovery of the ossuary of His brother James is exciting. The ossuary (i.e. bone box) is inscribed "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." While James, Joseph and Jesus were common names of the era, it is estimated statistically that there were only perhaps twenty families with this combination in Jerusalem in the first century. Moreover, while it was common to inscribe an ossuary "A, son of B", it was uncommon to mention any other family member unless he was very noteworthy. In this case, of course, He was. He was, indeed, the Son of God. |