Jesus, the Suffering King

Who was Jesus? News magazines and TV documentaries regularly publish trendy theories of who Jesus really was. Invariably, the theories reflect their authors’ own modern philosophies rather than a realistic portrayal of Jesus as He was known in His own first-century, very-Jewish world. Today we will look at Jesus from a unique perspective, that of the Hebrew prophets who wrote about Him 700 to 1,000 years prior to His birth. The crystal clear message of these prophets verifies who Jesus was—both the Anointed King of the Jews and the Suffering Servant of Jehovah, who died for our sins, rose from the dead, and awaits the proper moment to return and rule as King the world.