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Jesus, life myth or truth
Joseph Redmond
Mrs. Leonard
Comp and Lit
17 February 2014

Proving That Jesus Walked on Earth

Jesus Christ was biologically and archaeologically proven to be a real person. Jesus was proven to be real through categorized lineage such as in the book of Mathew in the Bible: “Abraham was the father of Isaac…Solomon the father of Rehoboam… Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.”(Matthew,1:16)

This directly proves that Jesus was born of kings, as stated in the quote above. “Jesus was born of a Virgin” that statement right there has so much controversy in and of itself it indirectly proves not only that Jesus was born but creates an argument. The argument that he was born of a virgin is skipping the approach that Jesus was conceived but the approach that he was born a virgin affirming that he was born.

Many eyewitnesses can and have proclaimed Jesus as really a man and a man who walked on earth. These include those such as author and scholar Lee Strobel, Blumberg, gospel writer John Mark, ancient Historian “Thallus” and John McCray an author, publisher, and apologetics major. Thus the reality that Jesus can be proven through archeological, biological, chronological and biblical evidence. Biblically, scripture is the most sound proof for Christ as a real person, When it comes to lineage, he is part of one, When it comes to archeology and literature, there is more proof in the bible to prove that Jesus is real than any other person to ever have According to prophecy, Jesus is the man to have fulfilled all the (351) requirements stated earlier.

Let’s check the first reason Jesus was a real person. The archeological Proof of Christ being real is as accessible in the known world as proof that Rome ever existed. The cross where Jesus hung is archaeologically identical to the crosses made in the early Roman time period. Jerusalem is still here, the road

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