Conclusion- Jesus is the divine Messiah

by Steve Hinrichs    http://members.aol.com/SHinrichs9/

Jesus as the divine Messiah means that Jesus was and is God, died as a sacrifice for human's sins and bodily raised from the dead to prove that he conquered sin so that humans by believing in Him could have a good eternal relationship with a good being, God.

I do not mean to propose that all arguments that the Bible has errors or hisorical inaccuracies can be objectively dismissed. But I do think there is objective rationale that indicates there is evidence that God was directly involved with the Bible's production, especially for cases where evidence points to the conclusion that Jesus was the divine Messiah. Key reasons are summarized below.

Supporting that there is a God with a plan for humans:

• Universal Design indicates that a super-natural intelligence (God) which existed prior to the beginning of our space and time brought the universe into existence with a plan for life, especially for humans to exist.
• According to Probability of Abiogenesis it appears that God created the information system on which life is formed and life's fundamental building block, the cell.
• Design Articles indicate that certain feature of life appear to have been created by God.
• As explained in Section 1 of  Rational Search, Humans have been designed for a good meaningful explanation.

Supporting that God's plan involves Jesus as the Divine Messiah:

• As explained in Section 2 and 3 of  Rational Search, there is a remarkable amount of evidence supporting the view that God inspired authors of the Bible.
• There are consistent themes throughout the whole Bible such as humans should be good, there is one holy God that has a good plan for humans. Humans are imperfect and they need a perfect payment for their imperfections so they can have a relationship with this perfect God.
• As explained in Section 2.6 of  Rational Search, the Bible proposes a meaningful plan that provides something of eternal value, a good relationship with a good being, God along with others, for eternity.
• Jesus as a key facilitator of this plan is supported in a remarkable way as the divine Messiah by Old Testemant prophecy in Section 2.3.2.1 of  Rational Search and defended in Daniel's Messiah in the Critics Den.
• Testimony that passes a critical test is presented in Resurrection Puzzle that Jesus was God, died as a perfect sacrifice for human's sins and bodily raised from the dead to prove that he was God and conquered sin. This is further supported by Hostile Witnesses.

If there is a God, why would this God allow for such a remarkable convergence of data which if ot were not caused by God would be essentially independent?

Above is summarized that best evidence that I am aware of that supports the claim there there is a meaningful explanation for humans. I do not mean to claim that there is any single data that presents on its' own a compelling argument according to an objective rationale that Jesus is the Divine Messiah; however, I do claim there is at least remarkable data that points to this conclusion giving some rational basis for a belief that Jesus is the Divine Messiah.

If there is no God that can provide a meaningful explanation for humans, then there is no rationale basis for a free will. Thus, one's thiestic, agnostic or atheistic beliefs would ironically not be their choice, but caused by impersonal, purposeless, natural principals which could not cause a free choice.

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