by William Scott Smith

Created on: September 12, 2007   Last Updated: March 05, 2008

Who is Jesus Christ? Is he God? Was He always here? Did He really exist? Can we prove the claims of Jesus as the messiah? How could he be of the bloodline of David if Mary did not have sex with Joseph?
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Jesus Christ - What's in a name?

The name we know today comes from the Hebrew or Aramaic name known in the Old Testament as YESHUA (Yeh-shoo-ah). In the New Testament Yeshua was translated into the Greek name of IESOUS (ee-ay-sooce') and then into the name we know now as JESUS. Yeshua means "He will save"

"But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." (Matthew) 1:20b-21 (NKJV)

What about Christ? Christ is not actually a name, it is a title. Christ comes from the Greek "christos" which means the "Anointed one" and corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah".
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Jesus the Alpha

Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end (Rev 22:13). John tells us that in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. The word became flesh and lived with us! (John 1:1 and 14). John continues to tell us that Jesus is the one and the only who came from the Father full of grace and truth. Clearly the bible is telling us that Jesus has always existed and will always exist.
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Seed of David

The genealogy of Jesus Christ confuses many people. The misconception is that Jesus was prophesied to be born a descendant of King David and that descendant is Joseph, so how can Jesus be an offspring of Joseph if he does not carry his blood since He was born of a virgin? Joseph was a descendant of Coniah. We learn in Jeremiah 22:28-30 that any descendant of Coniah would not inherit the throne of David. Actually, Mary is the descendant of King David that ties Jesus to the family. We learn this in Luke 1:27 and 31-32. Not only does Jesus come from the bloodline of Mary but also by union of marriage which ties both the ancestors of Joseph and Mary back to King David thus fulfilling the prophecy without a shadow of doubt.
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Man or God

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