# The Answer - Week 10: Is Jesus Really the Messiah? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-answer-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-answer-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah.md Podcast: [Awake Us Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481) Published: 2026-07-07T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/questions-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/awakeusnow/Message_-_Questions_-_Week_10__Is_Jesus_Really_the_Messiah_.mp3?dest-id=246214 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/the-answer-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah Duration seconds: 1502 ## Resource Today's message looks at the words of John the Baptist from Matthew 11:2-3, "When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'" John although a deep believer came to a point where he had his doubts. Such big doubts that he had his own disciples travel 100 miles to ask Jesus that question. Matthew 11:4-5 "Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor." These are words from the Old Testament's prophecies, Jesus quoted from Isaiah 35:5-6 "Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy." And Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor." Jesus quoted these verses about the prophecies of the Messiah to show that He was the Messiah, that He and the prophecies were one. John's disciples are still listening as Jesus goes on and says in Matthew 11:11-15 "Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist...For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Whoever has ears, let them hear." Again, these words are quotes from Old Testament Scriptures found in Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:45-6 and Isaiah 40:3 that tell about the one who will prepare the way for the coming Messiah. These are words about John the Baptist. The Controversy: What kind of Messiah? ⁃ Will he be prophetic, priestly or kâ€Ĥ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/the-answer-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-answer-week-10-is-jesus-really-the-messiah.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.