Probing on the Existence of the Lord Jesus Christ

10/05/2019 Christianity 15 Comments

I really find it ironic and absurd that there are people who profess to be affiliated with religious organizations that claim to be Christians and yet they remain to be in doubt as to whether the Lord Jesus Christ really existed or not. I really wonder why despite their membership to those churches which also use the Bible, their uncertainty about Christ’s actual existence has not been dispelled yet.

As far as I am concerned, I have more than enough reasons to believe the existence of the Lord Jesus Christ. Only the stupid atheists and agnostics question the existence of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord Jesus Christ has already been in existence even before the creation of the world, and He exists up to now. Before everything else started to exist, Christ already existed with the Father. He taught it, and it is proven by the words of God in the Bible.

JOHN 8:56-58 (KJV) says,


In the ‘An American Translation’, verse 58 has been rendered as: “Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you, I existed before Abraham was born!’”

That is why we can say that preachers today who teach their members that Christ’s existence began only when He was born of Mary are grossly mistaken. That is a proof of their lack of understanding of the word of God in the Bible.

Remember, there is no other person who existed with the Father in eternity but Christ.

MICAH 5:2 (KJV) says,


According to the prophet Micah, He came from everlasting. And this is supported by another verse.

In Proverbs 8:22 (KJV), the wisdom of God said, “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”

The beginning of the way of the Lord is in eternity. The “wisdom” existed with the Lord in eternity. Who is this “wisdom” that existed with God in the beginning of his way, before his works of old?

1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-8 (KJV) says,


The “wisdom” that the Apostle Paul was referring to was the Lord of glory and the Lord that was crucified, who is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:24 (KJV) says,


In the Old Testament, Christ was called as “the wisdom of God.” He is the power of God and the wisdom of God. Please take note of the definite article “the” that was used which implies that there is no other “wisdom” in the Bible that existed with God in eternity except the Lord Jesus Christ. He is called “the wisdom of God.”

Luke 11:49 (KJV) further proves that the wisdom of God is the Lord Jesus Christ.


The Lord Jesus Christ existed in eternity; He does exist until now. And His existence will be until forever. As written in Revelation 1:17-18 (KJV),


When John saw God, He told him, “. . . I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore,”

What I have cited are but some of the verses from the Scriptures that prove the perpetual existence of the Lord Jesus Christ. However, apart from the biblical bases, we also have other evidences that would prove the Lord Jesus Christ’s existence. One of which is a particular account in the annals of Roman history.

Roman historian, Tacitus, recounted something there where he made reference to Christ, Tiberius Caesar, and Pontius Pilate.


According to this information, there was a group of people, called Christians, the followers of Christ, on whom Emperor Nero inflicted the most exquisite tortures. While Christ (or Christus), on the other hand, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of Pontius Pilate. This implies that the Roman society acknowledged the existence of a community of Christians during that time, when Rome was still very powerful.

Aside from that historical record, we also have physical evidences that prove the existence of the other persons that were mentioned in the annals – Tiberius Caesar and Pontius Pilate.

When the Lord Jesus Christ was born, the emperor of Rome then was Augustus Caesar who reigned from 31 BC to 14 AD. Eventually, he was succeeded by Tiberius Caesar who reigned from 14 AD to 37 AD. These two Caesars – Augustus and Tiberius – were the ones in power during the lifetime of the Lord Jesus Christ on earth.

And archeological discoveries confirm the existence of these Roman emperors.

Coins that bore their images had been unearthed and are now kept in museums. They are the very coin mentioned in the Bible when the Pharisees were trying to entrap the Lord Jesus Christ in order to find a ground for His death under the Roman government.


This is recorded in Matthew 22:17-21 (KJV), which says,


The story mentions of a coin wherein the image of Caesar, either Augustus or Tiberius, is in the inscription. As mentioned earlier, samples of these coins had been found. I, myself, also have a coin in my library that bore the image of Tiberius Caesar and another coin that has the image of Augustus Caesar.

About the procurator of the Roman Empire, Pontius Pilate, we also have physical evidence that confirms his existence.

In 1961, a limestone was discovered, and the text that was inscribed in it included the names of Tiberius Caesar and Pontius Pilate.


Obviously, the limestone that was discovered by this Italian archeologist was made under the instruction of Pontius Pilate. Probably, it was made in Pilate’s desire to please his emperor, because inscribed in it was a dedication to Tiberius Caesar.

All these prove the authenticity and truthfulness of biblical accounts, specifically the ones concerning the existence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and even the references made to certain personalities like the Roman emperors – Augustus and Tiberius, and the procurator Pontius Pilate as they are also backed up physical evidences and historical accounts.

And I do not believe that Roman historians would connive and invent a story about Christ whom the Roman Empire put to death. The existence of Christ and the group that He led 2000 years ago, called Christians, are some facts that Roman history couldn’t hide because they had been documented and were made part of their annals.

Indeed, biblical accounts, historical records and archeological discoveries are more than sufficient to cast all doubts about the existence of Christ. Christ existed in eternity with the Father, He exists now, and He will exist until forever. AMEN.