Who is the Messiah of Israel?

Throughout Jewish history there has been a constant thread that has wound itself all the way through from the beginning down until today, and that is Messiah. Messiah has been viewed as a concept, a process, an era, the nation of Israel itself, and most famously as a person. In Messiah is tied the hope of Israel’s redemption that Messiah and/or the messianic age would bring about. For many it has come to be seen generally as peace and righteousness coming to the entire world and for Israel being delivered from the worlds hostility towards her, and her instead being exalted by those nations.

A multitude of traditions and opinions have built up around the idea of Messiah but if one was to strip back all the perceptions and misconceptions regarding Messiah, and to look at the original sources whence the messianic hope came from, that is in the writings of the Israel’s ancient prophets contained in the Hebrew Bible, what would one find?  What did the ancient prophets of Israel themselves foretell regarding the coming of Messiah?
And beyond this questions arise such as… what is the Messiah truly bringing redemption from?
And why is that redemption so important?

Down the ages there are many Jewish people who have searched out these matters with a fervent desire and an open heart to find the truth and who came to believe that Jesus Christ (although estranged from Jewish consciousness as a person whose name should not even to be uttered, and yet hailed by multitudes of gentiles from almost every nation under the sun as the Messiah) is in fact the true Jewish Messiah. Although Jesus was a Israeli Jew (descended even from the royal family of King David), was born and lived in Israel, taught throughout the land of Israel in the Holy temple, synagogues and villages, his first followers were entirely made up of Jews, those that recorded the accounts of his life, his teachings and who spread his message to foreign nations (many under pain of death) were all Jews, however the Jewish community as a religious movement (however segmented), particularly the religious establishment, have largely rejected him as a contender
and consider him to be anything but the Messiah.

Yet without exception there have always been Jewish people, even down to this day, (whether they were Rabbis, Intellectuals, or ordinary Jewish men and women of all walks of life) who have come to the same conclusion that Jesus is the Messiah who was promised to Israel through the prophets. Many in choosing to follow Jesus have had to count great loss to themselves for their conviction by being cast out of their families, communities and synagogues, loss of position and livelihood in their community and more than anything else by being considered a traitor to their people. Yet through their sufferings, loss and loneliness many have still held fast to their conviction.

This website is a collection of recorded testimonies of Jewish people throughout the ages who have come to believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messiah that was promised to Israel. The orthodox belief of Jesus followers is that his first coming was to usher in redemption through the forgiveness of sins wrought by his atoning death and resurrection (sin and its consequence death is what we need redemption from), while his return is to come in judgement and to usher in righteousness. We ask all of the Jewish people who will visit this site to consider these testimonies, to consider the testimony of the prophets themselves and search out these matters to find out what is the truth of this matter. Because if Jesus is in fact the true Messiah of Israel,
how can any Jewish person ignore Him?