"Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ,
he sent word by his disciples and said to him, `Are you who is to
come, or shall we look for another(Matthew 11:2-3)?"
I had a nightmare. I dreamed that it was the
end of the world, and that I was standing at the mouth of hell. At
first, I felt secure in Jesus, but then I saw things that made me
question my beliefs. Is Christianity really just the world's oldest
cult?
John sent his disciple to ask Jesus "Are you who is to come, or
shall we look for another?" I asked Jesus the same question in my
heart. I sat up in my bed at two in the morning thinking about it. I finally decided that I had to
believe in Christ, even if it meant me going to hell. Then, a week later, I found Isaiah 43:11, which said, "I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior." And also, Isaiah 44:8
said that there is no other rock besides God. It came to my
attention that God was the only one who could forgive sins, so, I
thought, Jesus had to be God. But, according to what I heard about
the Torah, Isaiah 9:6 was changed so that it no longer said, `Mighty
God.' This made me uncertain. Who can save but God alone? Then why
do people talk about getting `saved' at church camp?
But a Jewish friend of mine pointed out several messianic
prophecies from the Old Testament for me. Jesus is the only one who
fulfilled more than 90% of all Old Testament prophecies. No other
person can make that claim. The Old Testament is there to verify
that claim.
Jeremiah 23 says that Jesus will be called `The Lord is our
righteousness.' The New Testament supports this by saying that
Jesus, the Lord, makes us righteous in God's eyes.
Isaiah 9:6 was correct before non-Christian religious officials
changed it. Jesus is God.
Isaiah 53 describes Christ's appearance (not handsome), his
suffering, and his power to forgive our sins.
Clearly, there is no other messiah we can look for. Jesus is the
messiah.
Dear Father in heaven, thank you for sending your son Jesus to save us from our sins. Thank you for sacrificing your one and only son to make your people holy and kosher. Thank you also for revealing the truth to us, that Jesus is the true messiah and the only one who can forgive our sins. Amen.