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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of documents discovered at the archaeological site Qumran, by the Dead Sea, in the 1940s. Most scholars hold that they were written by the Essenes, who appear to be connected to the priests of the Jerusalem temple, though the Essenes broke away from them, believing the temple to be corrupt. The authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls believed they were living in an age shortly before a massive war between “the sons of light” (themselves) and the “ …

Why should I believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah? In Judaism, the Messiah has been understood a number of ways, and there is no single understanding of messianic prophecy or what the Messiah will do. Jesus did not wish to be a political revolutionary at his first coming, but the Christian faith holds that he will dramatically reorder world affairs at his second. He has already given us abundant evidence by fulfilling numerous messianic prophecies, both clear and less clear, both inside and …