Properly identifying Jesus is the most important task any person can seek to complete. Very few people deny the historicity of Jesus, but there are countless answers to the question of who he actually was. Was he a prophet? A sage? A religious teacher? A social revolutionary? The Messiah? God incarnate? An angel? The list goes on and on. Not surprisingly, as people engage with the bible and/or other historical sources, their answer to this question often begins to change.

It will not be a shock to anyone to read that we live in a physical world and as result of that we have physical needs. We need food, water, rest, shelter etc. These needs govern and guide a vast majority of our daily activities. This is just the way life is. This world however is not just physical, but is spiritual as well, and all people have corresponding spiritual needs.