In the Bible is spoken of Yeshua or Jeshua, the Ben HaElohim or Son of God.

It is the one promised by God in the Garden of Eden and sent to the earth many centuries later. He was born in Bethlehem, the city of David and also called 'son of David' and 'son of man'.

A word derived from the Hebrew word for “anointed” or “anointed one.” “Christ” is the equivalent derived from the Greek.​—Da 9:25; Joh 1:41.

When the first people rebelled against God, the Divine Sovereign Creator put them out of His Royal Garden but promised them that one day there would be a son born to a woman, who would bring a solution against the curse of death.

That son would be called Immanuel (God with us), son of God.

According to the prophet Isaiah, the Messiah would be the rallying figure who would unite people out of all nations (Hebrew, Goh·yimʹ). Isaiah 11:10 says: “It shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign [“as a signal,” NW] of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-​place shall be glorious.”​ — JP

The identity of the Messiah has been debated for centuries. According to Isaiah 11:10 and other texts, he would be a Jew, a descendant of King David (Jesse’s son), and people of all nations would accept him as the legitimate Messiah sent by God.

Referring to the first-​century Jewish teacher Jeshua or Jesus, Rabbi H. G. Enelow wrote: “No sensible Jew can be indifferent to the fact that a Jew should have had such a tremendous part in the religious education and direction of the human race.”
What other Jew have so many Gentiles accepted as the Messiah? Could some other Jew receive wider acceptance?
Still, there are those who find the idea that Jesus may be the Messiah very disturbing. Their reasons are worth examining.

Aside from outright persecution, what kind of moral example have the “Christian” countries given to the rest of the world? Little more than wars, Crusades, and “holy” Inquisitions. Even World War I and World War II were begun in “Christian” lands. Could it be said that “Christian” morality has been exemplary?
AIDS for example, is rampant in countries where the majority of the population profess Christianity. The scandals among Christendom’s clergy are notorious. Immoral televangelists who rake in millions of dollars and live like kings as well as homosexual clergy, some of whom have even been sued for committing sexual abuses against male minors, are just a few of the things that non-​Christians feel characterize Christianity​ or Christendom — fruitage that besmirches the name of Jesus, whom “Christians” claim to follow.

Actually, that false Christians would arise and that there would be an apostasy from Jesus’ true teachings were prophesied by Jesus himself as well as by the writers of the Christian Greek Scriptures, incorrectly referred to as the New Testament. (Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Peter 2:1, 2)

According to Matthew 7:21-23, the Messiah himself would judge these apostate ones for what they are and would say to them, “I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness.”​—NW; compare Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43.

Already in his own time there were several people who could not see how the Nazarene rebbe was that promised one from God. Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders of his day. And these in turn influenced the masses.

Those of Jesus’ generation who believed in him, who had a firsthand opportunity to examine his teaching and his works as well as the prophecies concerning him, were not dissuaded by the opposition of the religious leaders, who saw their religious monopoly threatened.

What those sincere Jews had personally witnessed convinced them that the Messianic prophecies had been fulfilled in Jesus.

They saw the powerful proofs that now they could see that promised Messiah.​ —John 9:22; 16:2. The prophecy at Daniel chapter 9, concerning the Messiah, indicated that he would appear before the destruction of the second temple. (Daniel 9:24-27) Among the first-​century Jews, there was a general understanding that this prophecy would be fulfilled in their own time. (Luke 3:15) In his work De Termino Vitae (Concerning the End of Life), a 17th-​century rabbi, Menasseh ben Israel, wrote: “Some would accept those 70 weeks as meaning that after their end the Messiah would come who would constitute them rulers of the whole world. Indeed, all who took up arms against the Romans at that time held that opinion.” .

There have been already several people who claimed to be the Moshiach or Messiach, the Messiah.

The Nazarene man himself was right. He was from the tribe of Judah and a descendant of King David. (Genesis 49:10; 1 Chronicles 17:11-14; compare Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-31.) Also, he was born in Bethlehem, which was commonly understood among first-​century Jews to be the designated birthplace for the Messiah. The ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase, or Targum, of Micah 5:1 states: “From thee [Bethlehem] Messiah shall go out before me.” (Micah 5:1 [5:2, NW]; compare Matthew 2:4-6; Luke 2:1-7; John 7:42.) All of these were important credentials that Jews of Jesus’ day expected the Messiah to have as a means of identification.

Jewish historian Joseph Klausner wrote: “A man like Jesus, for whom the ethical ideal was everything, was something hitherto unheard of in the Judaism of the day. . . . Thus, his ethical teaching, apparently goes beyond that of Pirkē Aboth and of other Talmudic and Midrashic literature. It is not lost in a sea of legal prescriptions and items of secular information.” {Jesus of Nazareth​—His Life, Times, and Teaching, Joseph Klausner, translated by H. Danby, 1947, pages 389-90. }

The accounts of Jesus’ life reveal a personality so powerful, and a teaching so clear, that historians cite this as one of the reasons that it can be asserted that he was no mythical character.

For the above reasons, the teaching that the Messiah’s death would make possible the complete forgiveness of sin in God’s sight was readily understood by many first-​century Jews. They knew that the Scriptures spoke of man’s inherent imperfection. (Ecclesiastes 7:20) The need for sacrifice to atone for sin was a lesson perceived daily; it was implicit in the very framework and nature of the Law covenant. The events described in the accounts of Jesus’ life present him as a perfect man whose death could bring atonement for mankind’s sin. The apostle Paul referred to Jesus as the ‘second Adam,’ whose death brought atonement for sin inherited from Adam. (1 Corinthians 15:45-47; Romans 5:12, 15-19) (Matthew 20:28; Luke 1:26-38) When the Christian Greek Scriptures highlighted that the various sacrifices under the Law foreshadowed this one final and complete sacrifice, fuller meaning was given to the entire framework of the Law, as well as to other portions of the Scriptures.

In addition to explaining Jesus’ death as a ransom sacrifice, the Christian Greek Scriptures also highlight his role as a ‘prophet like Moses.’ (Deuteronomy 18:18)

The prophet Isaiah had foretold that a man would arise to prepare the way for the Messiah’s vital work. (Isaiah 40:3) That forerunner was John the Baptist. When he saw the man Jesus, he cried: “See, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!” Some of John’s disciples immediately followed Jesus. One of them said: “We have found the Messiah.”​—John 1:29, 36, 41.

There was further testimony. When John baptized Jesus, Jehovah himself spoke from heaven. By means of holy spirit, he appointed Jesus as the Messiah and said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.” (Matthew 3:16, 17) The long-promised Messiah had arrived!

When did this happen? In the year 29 C.E., just when the 483 years foretold by Daniel finished running their course. Yes, that is part of the overwhelming evidence that Jesus is the Messiah, or Christ.