Does Jesus Exist? You know 2,000 years ago that question wouldn't have even been asked.
That's simply because Jesus was alive and well in a small village in the land of Israel.
Had you seen him for yourself, you most likely could have considered Him to be an average
looking Jew, but He certainly wasn't average. He spoke like no other spiritual teacher ever had.
He proclaimed himself to be the Son of God. He forgave people's sins while He was
on Earth. He foretold His own death, and performed verifiable miracles that even His enemies
couldn't refute. His life, death and resurrection were so powerful that He started a movement
which remains in existence and continues to spread across the globe almost 2,000 years
later. Since millions of first century Jews lived, died and faded away, just the fact
that you're even wondering if Jesus exists says something about it. But let's get to
the heart of the question. You see, the modern atheistic community, they've determined to
deny and reject all things that bear any hint of the spiritual or supernatural. And for
this reason many of them not only claim Jesus was not the Son of God, but they claim that
He never even lived on Earth. With all due respect, this accusation is nothing short
of ridiculous. Jesus' life is one of the most historically documented lives in all of ancient
history. Now any person who wanted to discover the truth about Jesus' life should begin by
looking at the books of the New Testament. You see, the atheistic community claims that
these books can't be used to prove that Jesus lived on Earth, because they're biased. Well,
this claim fails for two reasons. First, the atheistic writings themselves are biased.
But none of these writers claims that his or her writings should be rejected. And second,
the New Testament documents are even from a secular point of view, the most historically
reliable documents pinned from the first century. World renown archeologist Nelson Glueck once
said, "It may be stated categorically that no archeological discovery has ever controverted
a Biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which conform in clear
outline or exact detail historical statements in the Bible." You see, the Bible is accurate
history and it documents the life of Jesus Christ at length. You know what, though? Even
if we didn't even have the Bible. Even if we didn't have the documents of the New Testament,
we would still be able to establish the fact, the historical fact, that Jesus Christ lived.
A man by the name of Josephus, well known Jewish historian, mentions Jesus twice. He
wrote about a man named James, the brother of Jesus, who was called the Christ. Additionally,
the Roman historian Tacitus wrote in regards to the originator of Christianity. He said,
"Christ had been executed in Tiberias' reign by the governor of Judea Pontius Pilate" which
is virtually exactly what the New Testament documents say. Oh, make no mistake about it.
Jesus lived on Earth. There's no serious question from any historical view about that. In fact,
just notice the calendar. What do the years 2012 A.D., 2013 A.D., 2014 A.D. mean? Well,
the letters A.D. stand for the Latin terms Anno Domini, meaning "In the year of our Lord."
All time revolves around the fact that Jesus lived. Does He still exist? His faithful followers
died martyrs deaths because they preached that He rose from the dead and ascended into
Heaven. Well, Jesus lived on Earth and He still lives today in Heaven, waiting to return
and take His followers back to Heaven with Him. Will you be one of those faithful followers?