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The Path of the Prophets Was the Messiah's Identity Encrypted Within Ancient Prophecy? The Christian message is radically different from that of any other religion. Whereas other religions have rules, creeds, and instructions to live by, Christianity is really a person---Jesus Christ. If you take Christ out of Christianity you have nothing. So, what evidence is there that Jesus is who he really claimed to be? How do we know he was who he claimed to be, and not some kind of imposter? Let's take a look at some renowned imposters and see if that title fits Jesus, or whether there is evidence to support his claims. Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. was called, the great imposter. Demara held phony identities of psychologist, university lecturer, college department head, school teacher, and prison warden. He even performed surgeries, as a bogus doctor. Some argue that Frank Abagnale was an even greater imposter. Between the ages of 16 and 21, Abagnale was one of the world's most successful con artists. He cashed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in all 50 states and 26 foreign countries. He also successfully passed himself off as an airline pilot, an attorney, a college professor, and a pediatrician before being apprehended by the French police. If this story sounds familiar to you, it's probably because you watched the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can, in which Abagnale was played by Leonardo DiCaprio (who passed himself off as an actor in Titanic). What would it take to top Abagnale's performance as a con man? Well, if Jesus Christ wasn't the Messiah he claimed to be, there would be no contest. We're not talking about conning thousands, as in the case of Abagnale. If Jesus Christ was an imposter, his con job deluded billions of people and changed the course of 2,000 years of history.(Next) |