Messiah
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Updated
April 10, 2008
The December 16, 1997 issue of the tabloid The Sun carried this headline on the
front page: New Messiah to Be Born in Holy Land. Inside the story says that on
the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah a strange meteor would appear over Bethlehem.
(The two festivals coincided in 1997, an event that occurs about once every ten
years!) It should be obvious by now that the prophecy failed to come true, but
no doubt it sold lots of copies of The Sun. One has to ask, "What would a
new Messiah do that the old Messiah has not already done?" The Messiah we
have known lived a sinless life, served in a selfless way, showed uncommon
compassion, died a sacrificial death, and came back to life in a triumphant
resurrection. What would a new Messiah do that Jesus has not already done?