Easter is the celebration of the finished work of the Messiah, Jesus Christ

Easter is the celebration of the finished work of the Messiah, Jesus Christ , who sacrificed his life to provide forgiveness of sin.

Julian Zelizer : No other religion makes the claim that it was founded by a messiah makes Jesus the most revolutionary figure of human history.

Christ is the only person in history who was pre-announced starting a thousand years before he was born, with eighteen different prophets predicting his coming birth, life, and death.

We know the historical Jesus through four different accounts known as the Gospels — Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John .

Matthew and John provide eyewitness accounts from their years of walking with Jesus as disciples.

If the claims about Jesus were a lie, the apostles would have known it, author says.