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-Removed-I realize that this is not my area of expertise, interpreting a description of the passage of time from the perspective of Daniel using his calendar, but then, that is why I also included the fact that previous rabbis, whose area is their expertise, calculated it to be the time Christ walked the earth. There was no reason for them to do so.
In fact, there is a story of a rabbi Leopold Cohn who repeated daily, "Though the Messiah tarry" He then began to wonder what this meant. He then was pointed to the Daniel prophesy and they reasoned that the Messiah delayed his coming because of the sinfulness of Israel. They did this because they rejected Jesus as their Messiah. He was then told to let it go or find another career.
To make a long story short, he gave up everything for the truth and started a Jews for Jesus outreach.
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-Removed-So if I claim to be a prophet of God and my prophesies come true it means nothing?
Luke 24:27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself
Clearly Jesus thought it evidence.
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Lastly I end with this. Christ looked around after a hard teaching and people began to walk away from him. However, his disciples stayed by his side as he asked them if they would leave as well.
John 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
In fact, all religions point to Christ as coming from God. No other man can claim this.
Those that hear the voice of Christ and it resonates with them as being from God and true and righteous, this is the evidence that is unshakable.
Those that reject his message and example, what exactly are they rejecting?
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Originally posted by @whodeyHindus invariably view Jesus as another incarnation of Vishnu, merely another expression, among many of the divine.
In fact, all religions point to Christ as coming from God. No other man can claim this.
And as for Buddhism:
'As a whole, Buddhism has little directly to say about Jesus Christ. It does acknowledge what most men do: that He was a great person. For the most part, however, His Gospel teachings are largely ignored and a more convenient Jesus is accepted: one who, along with the Buddha, smiles serenely.
But on the other hand, there is a sense in which Buddhism explicitly rejects Jesus Christ. What Christian belief in a personal Savior from sin represents to Buddhism is a serious form of personal ignorance. Personal Savior? No “person” exists. So what is there to save? And no genuine Savior can exist either, for we must ultimately save ourselves. The central message of Christianity (Jn. 3:16) is thus dismissed as remnants of beclouded consciousness.'
www.jashow.org/articles/world-religions/buddhism/buddhism-and-jesus-christ/
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke'As a whole, Buddhism has little directly to say about Jesus Christ. It does acknowledge what most men do: that He was a great person. For the most part, however, His Gospel teachings are largely ignored and a more convenient Jesus is accepted: one who, along with the Buddha, smiles serenely.
Hindus invariably view Jesus as another incarnation of Vishnu, merely another expression, among many of the divine.
And as for Buddhism:
'As a whole, Buddhism has little directly to say about Jesus Christ. It does acknowledge what most men do: that He was a great person. For the most part, however, His Gospel teachings are largely ignored and ...[text shortened]... consciousness.'
www.jashow.org/articles/world-religions/buddhism/buddhism-and-jesus-christ/
I cant read this without doing the 'Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy' voice in my head.