Roots and Shoots Conference - February 2010

Held at Christ Church Kenilworth in Cape Town.

Speakers: Revd John Atkinson & Edith Sher

Yeshua and the Messianic Mission

It is often said that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah.
Did Jesus believe that He was the Divine Messiah?
What does the evidence show?

John Atkinson examines the extent to which Jesus was personally aware of his messianic identity. Focusing initially on the events and statements that accompanied Jesus' birth John begins by looking at what Jesus would have heard from his family. John then analyses Jesus' words and actions later in His ministry to answer the question “Does Yeshua display a self concept of a divine Messiahship or just an earthly one?”

Edith Sher looks at correlations between the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. She focuses on two incidents in John's gospel that cast light on the kind of Messiah Yeshua would prove to be, namely, the calling of Nathaniel and the wedding at Cana.