Jesus The Messiah. The prophets, the most well-known being Isaiah, had foreseen the coming of a saviour, the Messiah

When the Messiah finally did reveal himself, he appeared to study the scriptures and prophecies a lot, which may have raised some suspicion amongst the Jewish people. This may have been the reason for some people claiming that he was another prophet (Mark 8: 27-30). Jesus then began carrying out the foreseen events, sometimes in an unexpected way or not doing some altogether. One of the most significant examples is in Psalm 110: 1-3 which says that the Messiah will rule over his enemies, meaning that Jesus would overpower and defeat the Romans and lead the Jews to freedom in his Kingdom. But instead of leading a battle against the Romans, Jesus simply encouraged the Jews and showed them how to lead a better life.

This was most likely what raised the most doubts about Jesus being the Messiah who had come to free the Jewish people, but I think that this is what proves that he is. Jesus was not suffering for no reason and leaving the Jews helpless, but clearing their consciences and showing them the way to prove themselves morally rather than physically better than the Romans and that their souls will always be free to make the right choices and live a good life. Like in Jesus’ parable, ‘Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a life time’. Jesus did not come to free the Jews from Roman rule, but to teach them how to free themselves. Therefore, I think that Jesus was the Messiah that millions of people had been waiting for.